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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the mathematical subject that Archimedes did not write about?

2. Which branch of mathematics deals with motion and change?

3. How much larger is the sun than the moon?

4. How long would it have taken Archimedes to sail from Syracuse to Alexandria?

5. What is the point on which the lever turns or moves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Archimedes an unusual man?

2. Why was it important that Archimedes discovered how to find volume?

3. What was known about the lands to the north, south, east, and west of Sicily?

4. What tools did the Greek astronomers have?

5. What did Archimedes notice at the baths, and how did he use that discovery to solve the problem of the crown?

6. What heavy object did King Hiero challenge Archimedes to move?

7. What might have been the first thing that thing that Archimedes saw when he entered the Alexandria harbor?

8. What would happen when Archimedes was engrossed in a problem?

9. Where would a boy from Syracuse have spent many hours?

10. What sciences did Archimedes begin, and with what did each type of science deal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

King Hiero was concerned that sooner or later Syracuse was going to be caught in the war between Rome and Carthage. Discuss why King Hiero was concerned about war and what he did about his concerns.

Essay Topic 2

The Greeks were a people who were different from people who had lived before them and people who lived after them. Discuss Greek society.

Essay Topic 3

Archimedes believed that numbers never ended. Discuss large numbers and why Archimedes believed that numbers are infinite.

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