Geometry 🔷🟡🔺🟩

What does the word 'geometry' mean?

• Study of the mountains

• Study of the ocean

• Study of the sky

• Study of the earth

Who compiled a set of rules concerning space and shapes in 350 B.C.?

• Pythagoras

• Archimedes

• Euclid

• Aristotle

Which ancient civilization was mostly concerned with applying geometry in their everyday problems?

• Egyptians

• Greeks

• Romans

• Babylonians

What is the basic figure in geometry that has no dimensions?

• Point

• Line

• Plane

• Circle

Which mathematician founded non-Euclidean geometry of two dimensions?

• Riemann

• Euclid

• Lobachevsky

• Pythagoras

What is the assumption in hyperbolic geometry regarding parallels?

• Never true

• Not true

• Sometimes true

• Always true

Who developed elliptic geometry?

• Euclid

• Riemann

• Lobachevsky

• Pythagoras

What is the study of the size, shape, and position of figures in space called?

• Trigonometry

• Algebra

• Calculus

• Geometry

What is the meaning of the Greek word 'geo' in geometry?

• Fire

• Sky

• Earth

• Water

What is the meaning of the Greek word 'metron' in geometry?

• Count

• Weigh

• Estimate

• Measure