Thales
Authored by Julia Dye
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5th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When was Thales born?
636 BC
686 BC
356 BC
686 AD
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where was Thales born?
Miletus
Ithaca
Babylon
Alexandria
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
(Select all that apply.)
Thales was...
the first Greek philosopher.
the first person to be attributed with discovering a mathematical proof.
the first person to correctly identify the "originating substance of matter."
the first astronomer.
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
(Select all that apply.)
Thales was the first to discover...
that opposite angles in intersecting lines are always equal.
static electricity.
that a triangle inscribed in a semicircle will always have a right angle.
that two side of a right triangle squared and added together will equal the length of the hypotenuse squared.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Thales believe the originating substance of matter to be?
Earth
Air
Water
Fire
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is FALSE of Thales?
He never married.
He hated children.
He adopted his nephew.
He mentored Pythagoras.
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What did Thales look for in the world? Select all that apply.
He looked for logical explanations for unknown occurrences.
He looked to the Greek gods, who he believed were responsible for unknown occurrences.
He looked at patterns and predicted outcomes.
He looked for the originating substance of matter.
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