Chapter 8 Sections 3 & 4

Question 1

Greek mathematician and inventor

Answer 1

Archimedes

Question 2

studied how points, lines, angles, and planes (surfaces) relate to one another

Answer 2

Euclid

Question 3

a time when Greek ideas and cultures spread throughout the non-Greek world

Answer 3

Hellenistic Era

Question 4

founded by Alexander in Egypt

Answer 4

Alexandria

Question 5

a branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, and angles

Answer 5

Plane Geometry

Question 6

Greece’s northern neighbor

Answer 6

Macedonia

Question 7

Macedonian admirer of Greek ideas that planned to conquer Persia

Answer 7

Philip II

Question 8

One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Answer 8

Lighthouse at Alexandria

Question 9

What is the Lighthouse at Alexandria called?

Answer 9

Charos

Question 10

a commander in the army at age 16 and a king at age 20

Answer 10

Alexander the Great

Question 11

what a person leaves behind when he or she dies

Answer 11

Legacy

Question 12

_________ united the Greek city-states by force, by bribing them, and by inviting them to join him.

Answer 12

Philip II

Question 13

In Hellenistic kingdoms government business was conducted in ________.

Answer 13

Greek

Question 14

__________ was an astronomer that taught that the sun was the center of the universe.

Answer 14

Aristarchus

Question 15

The __________ was the eastern border of Alexander’s Empire

Answer 15

Indus River

Question 16

The library at __________ attracted scholars from all over the world

Answer 16

Alexandria

Question 17

__________ said, “Give me a lever and a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.”

Answer 17

Archimedes

Question 18

The library at Alexandria was useful to students of literature and ____________.

Answer 18

language

Question 19

Alexander’s armies conquered lands as far as east as modern-day ___________

Answer 19

Pakistan

Question 20

Alexander and his army defeated local Perian Atraps at the _____________.

Answer 20

Battle of Granicus

Question 21

_________ told King Ptolemy, “There is no royal way to learn geometry.”

Answer 21

Euclid

Question 22

Alexander kept a copy of the ______ with him at all times.

Answer 22

Iliad

Question 23

__________ freed the Greek city-states in Asia Minor from persian rule.

Answer 23

Alexander

Question 24

After his death, Alexanders empire fell apart because his _________ fought one another for power.

Answer 24

generals

Question 25

The __________ produced a great body of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, and scientific achievement.

Answer 25

Hellenistic Era

Question 26

_______ was known as the center of Greek theater

Answer 26

Athens

Question 27

__________ taught that happiness was the goal of life, that came from spending time with friends.

Answer 27

Epicurus

Question 28

________ taught that happiness came from following reason, not emotion.

Answer 28

Zeno

Question 29

Appolonius of Rhodes wrote an epic poem called __________.

Answer 29

Argonautica

Question 30

____________ is the study of spheres and cylinders.

Answer 30

Solid geometry

Question 31

___________ was the astronomer who concluded that the Earth was round.

Answer 31

Eratosthenes