Thales of Miletus

Where was Thales born?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Miletus

• Egypt

What was Thales?

• A poet

• A philosopher

• A mathematician

• A carpenter

Thales believed that the originating principle of nature is

• Fire

• Water

• Air

• Soil

Which of the following discoveries has been attributed to Thales?

• Greek fire

• Pap smear

• Intercept theorem

Thales found the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza by using a

• Ruler

• Wooden stick

• Tree

• Pillar

In the field of Astronomy Thales

• Predicted a solar eclipse

• Calculated the mass of the Earth

• Believed that the Earth rotates around the Sun

Which important Greek figures did Thales influence?

• Pericles

• Pythagoras

• Homer

• Anaximander

Thales used Mythology to explain the world.

• True

• False

According to Thales' theorem

• The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides of a right triangle

• If A, B, and C are distinct points on a circle where the line AC is a diameter, then the angle ∠ABC is a right angle

• The sum of the squares of any two sides of any triangle equals twice the square on half the third side, together with twice the square on the median bisecting the third side

Thales is recognized as

• One of the most athletic ancient Greek philosophers

• The most handsome ancient Greek philosopher

• The first Greek philosopher and the first individual in Western civilization to have engaged in scientific philosophy