Mathematics Classical Era Quiz

What is the meaning of the Greek term 'mathema'?

• Learning

• Study

• All of the above

• Knowledge

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which ancient civilization had a complex arithmetic system based on both 'base-ten' and 'base-sixty'?

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Greeks

• Romans

What did the Greeks divide mathematics into?

• Arithmetic and Geometry

• Calculus and Statistics

• Arithmetic and Trigonometry

• Algebra and Geometry

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CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

Who is most famous for working out how to use a bath of water to test whether a crown was made of pure gold?

• Pythagoras

• Euclid

• Archimedes

• Aristotle

Which Arabic mathematician carried out important experiments on light and how eyes work?

• Alhazen

• Ibn al-Haytham

• Omar Khayyam

• Al-Khwarizmi

What did Alhazen prove about the travel of light?

• It travels in circles

• It travels in straight lines

• It travels in zig-zag pattern

• It travels in curves

What was the most important book on the subject of optics until the time of Isaac Newton?

• The Art of War

• The Almagest

• The Book of Optics

• The Elements

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What did Alhazen pretend to be in order to avoid execution by the Caliph of Egypt?

• Mute

• Deaf

• Blind

• Mad

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10