QUiz Ch 5 Sec 5 Grreks

The blending of Greek, Persian, Egyptian and Indian Culture by Alexander the great is today called

• Alexandrian

• Macedonian

• Helenistic

• Classic Greek

What Astronomer from Alexandria was the first to hypothesize the Sun was 300 times bigger than the Earth and that All the planets revolve around the Sun?

• Archemedes of Thebes

• Plantagonis of Sumatra

• Gavinias of Cora

• Aristarchus of Samos

What Greek Astronomer calculated the circumference of the earth to with in a few thousand miles of being correct?

• Eratosthenes

• Ptolemy

• Phineas

• Ferb

The man cursed by Geometry students for centuries, who wrote the first text on Geometry.

• Oscar

• Ernie

• Bert

• Euclid

Who taught that the gods who had no interest in humans ruled the universe and that that the only real objects were those that the five senses perceived. He Believed the greatest good and the highest pleasure came from virtuous conduct and the absence of pain. The main goal of humans should be to achieve harmony of body and mind

• Ptrarch

• Epicurious

• William of Excellent

• Theodore of Adventure