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

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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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