Ch8L4: Hellenistic Culture

Apollonius of Rhodes wrote which epic poem about a group of heroes seeking a Ram with a golden fleece? 

• Jupiter and the Celestials 
• Janis and the Joplins 
• Jason and the Argonauts 
• Judy and the Jetsons

Finding happiness and avoiding pain is the philosophy of what?

• Stoicism
• Epicureanism
• Socraticism 
• Platonism 

Sound reasoning, controlling your emotions, and making intelligent decisions is the philosophy of what?

• Stoicism
• Epicureanism
• Socraticism
• Platonism

The Greek scientist Aristarchus claimed which of the following?

• The earth is flat
• The earth is the center of the universe
• The sun is the center of the universe
• the sun is smaller than the earth

The chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria, Eratosthenes, was a scientist who concluded that:

• The sun is made of gas
• The earth is larger than the sun
• The earth is flat
• The earth is round

The distance around a circle is known as the

• diameter

• area

• radius

• circumference

Alexandria, the Greek capital of Egypt and a center of trade, was most famous among scholars for its

• Theaters

• Trade

• Library

• Architecture

Happiness comes from doing your duty and following reason, not emotion.

• Stoicism
• plane geometry
• circumference
• Epicureanism

Which scientist discovered the value of pi?

• Archimedes

• Euclid

• Eratosthenes

• Aristarchus

The four Hellenistic kingdoms were able to unite and stand together against the growing Roman threat.

• True
• False