6.4 Hellenistic Culture

the astronomer who concluded that Earth is round

• Eratosthenes
• Stoicism
• plane geometry
• circumference

Happiness comes from doing your duty and following reason, not emotion.

• Stoicism
• plane geometry
• circumference
• Epicureanism

mathematics that deals with points, lines, and angles

• plane geometry
• circumference
• Epicureanism
• Eratosthenes

the distance around the Earth

• circumference
• Epicureanism
• Eratosthenes
• Stoicism

Happiness is the freedom from fear and pain

• Epicureanism
• Eratosthenes
• Stoicism
• plane geometry

Alexandria was the Greek capital of Egypt and was most famous among
scholars for its

• vast library
• famous theaters.
• exciting architecture.
• grand art museums.

Hellenistic kings wanted which city’s buildings to serve as a model for all other cities?

• Athens
• Alexandria
• Rhodes
• Zeno

Who is known as “the father of medicine”?

• Hippocrates
• Euclid
• Aristarchus
• Hypatia

The Greek scientist who stated that the sun is the center of the solar system and that the Earth revolves around it was

• Aristarchus.
• Euclid.
• Hypatia.
• Epicurus.

Archimedes, a scientist, mathematician, and inventor, is best known in the field of mathematics for

• computing the closest value of pi.
• inventing plane geometry.
• organizing mathematical ideas into the book “Elements.”
• figuring the circumference of the Earth.