Chapter 8 Sections 3 & 4 Flashcards
Greek mathematician and inventor
Archimedes
studied how points, lines, angles, and planes (surfaces) relate to one another
Euclid
a time when Greek ideas and cultures spread throughout the non-Greek world
Hellenistic Era
founded by Alexander in Egypt
Alexandria
a branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, and angles
Plane Geometry
Greece’s northern neighbor
Macedonia
Macedonian admirer of Greek ideas that planned to conquer Persia
Philip II
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Lighthouse at Alexandria
What is the Lighthouse at Alexandria called?
Charos
a commander in the army at age 16 and a king at age 20
Alexander the Great
what a person leaves behind when he or she dies
Legacy
_________ united the Greek city-states by force, by bribing them, and by inviting them to join him.
Philip II
In Hellenistic kingdoms government business was conducted in ________.
Greek
__________ was an astronomer that taught that the sun was the center of the universe.
Aristarchus
The __________ was the eastern border of Alexander’s Empire
Indus River
The library at __________ attracted scholars from all over the world
Alexandria
__________ said, “Give me a lever and a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.”
Archimedes
The library at Alexandria was useful to students of literature and ____________.
language
Alexander’s armies conquered lands as far as east as modern-day ___________
Pakistan
Alexander and his army defeated local Perian Atraps at the _____________.
Battle of Granicus
_________ told King Ptolemy, “There is no royal way to learn geometry.”
Euclid
Alexander kept a copy of the ______ with him at all times.
Iliad
__________ freed the Greek city-states in Asia Minor from persian rule.
Alexander
After his death, Alexanders empire fell apart because his _________ fought one another for power.
generals
The __________ produced a great body of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, and scientific achievement.
Hellenistic Era
_______ was known as the center of Greek theater
Athens
__________ taught that happiness was the goal of life, that came from spending time with friends.
Epicurus
________ taught that happiness came from following reason, not emotion.
Zeno
Appolonius of Rhodes wrote an epic poem called __________.
Argonautica
____________ is the study of spheres and cylinders.
Solid geometry
___________ was the astronomer who concluded that the Earth was round.
Eratosthenes
