Ancient Greek Philosophers Quiz

Ancient Greek Philosophers Quiz

12th Grade

10 Qs

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Ancient Greek Philosophers Quiz

Ancient Greek Philosophers Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

Physics

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Christopher Juancito

FREE Resource

10 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was famous for discovering why eclipses happened and could predict them?

Thales

Pythagoras

Anaximander

Empedocles

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Greek philosopher believed that the universe could be explained with mathematics?

Thales

Empedocles

Anaximander

Pythagoras

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first Greek philosopher to create a cosmological model and believed the earth was cylindrical in shape?

Anaximander

Pythagoras

Thales

Empedocles

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which ancient astronomer was considered the first great astronomer and scientist?

Eratosthenes

Hipparchus

Ptolemy

Aristarchus

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the most influential astronomer in his day and a great admirer of Hipparchus?

Aristarchus

Eratosthenes

Ptolemy

Hipparchus

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Greek philosopher founded his own school called the Lyceum in Athens?

Eratosthenes

Aristotle

Hipparchus

Ptolemy

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the teacher of the better-known Archimedes and the first to attempt to measure the relative distance between the Earth-Moon and the Earth-Sun?

Aristarchus

Eratosthenes

Ptolemy

Hipparchus

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