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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. Who believed that the earth was a flat rectangle with their country in the middle?

2. What is the work done on a lever called?

3. What is the meaning of the Greek word "mathema" from which mathematics is derived?

4. Which branch of mathematics studies numbers?

5. Which planet did the Greeks name after the king of the gods?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a machine, and how does it work?

2. What are some examples of how force creates work?

3. Who was Eratosthenes?

4. What was the most important thing that Archimedes gave to the world?

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

6. How did Archimedes write?

7. Why did Aristotle believe that the earth was curved and shaped like a sphere?

8. Who was Euclid?

9. What few ideas did Archimedes have that someone had already discovered about the distance between two points?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast astronomy before and during the time of the Greeks.

Essay Topic 2

King Hiero wanted Archimedes to determine if his new crown was solid gold. Discuss how Archimedes solved the crown problem using what is called today the Scientific Method.

Essay Topic 3

Syracuse was under siege by Marcellus for three years until 212 B.C., when they finally conquered the city. Discuss why and how the Romans conquered Syracuse.

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