World History: Chapter 8, Lesson 4

The ancient city of Alexandria was a major attraction for ______.

• scholars

• athletes

• farmers

• soldiers

Sculptors in the Hellenistic Era carved statues of realistic-looking humans showing emotions.

• True

• False

The most important poet of Greek New Comedy was ______.

• Theocritus

• Hypatia

• Menander

• Homer

Which of these statements is part of the teachings of Epicurus?

• Happiness results from using reason.

• Decisions should be guided by sound thinking.

• People have a duty to serve their community.

• The way to be happy is to avoid pain.

The most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era was ______.

• Helen

• Archimedes

• Eratosthenes

• Euclid

Aristarchus and Eratosthenes made important contributions in the field of ______.

• philosophy

• biology

• astronomy

• mathematics

Euclid's book Elements is about ______.

• chemistry

• biology

• philosophy

• plane geometry

What was one important contribution of Archimedes?

• He discovered that Earth circles around the sun.

• He figured out the value of pi.

• He discovered that Earth is round.

• He measured the circumference of Earth.

Rome took control of Greece because the four kingdoms formed from Alexander's empire would not work together.

• True

• False