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WorksheetsGreek Contributions
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Greek "pair" are best known for their contributions to mathematics?
a)
Sophocles and Aeschylus
b)
Pythagoras and Euclid
c)
Michelangelo and Leonardo
d)
Hackman and Schaefer
2.
Doric, Corinthian, and Ionian are types of what?
a)
Writing styles
b)
Columns
c)
Languages
d)
Greek polises
3.
⊕Greek Philosopher
⊕Wrote "The Republic"
⊕Believed that Democracy couldn't succeed
⊕Wrote "The Republic"
⊕Believed that Democracy couldn't succeed
a)
Herodotus
b)
Archimedes
c)
Julius Caesar
d)
Plato
4.
What is this Greek structure called?
a)
Pantheon
b)
Acropolis
c)
Parthenon
d)
Polis
5.
Phidias created a famous sculpture inside the Parthenon of what famous Greek god/goddess?
a)
Zeus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Athena
d)
Dionsysus
6.
The period in which Greek culture mixed with Persian, Egyptian, Indian and other Oriental cultures is called what?
a)
Hellenic
b)
Alexandrian
c)
Hellenistic
d)
Greco-Roman
7.
The man responsibility for the "law of buoyancy" and other scientific advances is most likely who?
a)
Socrates
b)
Archimedes
c)
Aeschylus
d)
Ptolemy
8.
⊕Extended democracy
⊕Led Athens into a Golden Age
⊕Rebuilt the Parthenon
⊕Led Athens into a Golden Age
⊕Rebuilt the Parthenon
a)
Sophocles
b)
Aeschylus
c)
Aristotle
d)
Pericles
9.
Euclidean _______________ is named for the Greek man who perfected this branch of mathematics. It was combined with Aristotle and Pythagoras' contributions.
a)
Algebra
b)
Geometry
c)
Calculus
d)
Statistics
10.
Sophocles and Aeschylus are notable for contributions in what area?
a)
Science
b)
Literature
c)
Philosophy
d)
Artist
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