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WorksheetsThales
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 22mins
When was Thales born?
636 BC
686 BC
356 BC
686 AD
Where was Thales born?
Miletus
Ithaca
Babylon
Alexandria
(Select all that apply.)
Thales was...
the first Greek philosopher.
the first person to be attributed with discovering a mathematical proof.
the first person to correctly identify the "originating substance of matter."
the first astronomer.
(Select all that apply.)
Thales was the first to discover...
that opposite angles in intersecting lines are always equal.
static electricity.
that a triangle inscribed in a semicircle will always have a right angle.
that two side of a right triangle squared and added together will equal the length of the hypotenuse squared.
What did Thales believe the originating substance of matter to be?
Earth
Air
Water
Fire
Which of the following is FALSE of Thales?
He never married.
He hated children.
He adopted his nephew.
He mentored Pythagoras.
What did Thales look for in the world? Select all that apply.
He looked for logical explanations for unknown occurrences.
He looked to the Greek gods, who he believed were responsible for unknown occurrences.
He looked at patterns and predicted outcomes.
He looked for the originating substance of matter.
What did Thales predict? Select all that apply.
A solar eclipse
A volcanic eruption
A good olive crop
A bad year for pyramid tourism
Which of the following did Thales discover? (Select all that apply.)
The height of a pyramid using ratios.
How to extract oil from olives.
A full year contains 365 days, not 360.
Hot air rises, while cold air sinks.
When asked how to "do good," Thales responded:
"by refraining from doing what we blame in others."
"by thinking of the needs of others first."
"by looking for solutions rather than problems."
"by observing patterns and predicting outcomes."
Which of the following statements about the story of Thales and the donkey is FALSE?
The donkey carrying the salt fell into the river each time it passed through because it was afraid of water.
Thales solved the problem by filling the donkey's packs with sponges.
After the donkey crossed the water several times with the sponges, he stopped "falling" into the water.
When the donkey fell in the river, the sponges soaked up the water, weighing down the donkey even more.
What did Thales do after predicting a bumper crop for olives?
He gave away all of his olive presses.
He bought all the olive presses for very cheap.
He bought all the olive trees in Greece.
He sold all of his olives.
What did Thales do after he grew rich from his prediction about olive trees?
He sold and/or gave away all of his olive presses.
He rented out his presses for the rest of his life at extremely high rates, so he could continue to garner wealth without effort.
He used that money to buy more olive presses.
He used the money to build a statue of himself.
What did Thales believe allowed the lodestone to move iron filings?
It had a soul.
It was filled with water.
It was blessed by Zeus.
It absorbed power from the sun.
In what year did Thales die?
546 BC
654 BC
356 BC
555 BC
