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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 constellations did Archimedes' teacher of mathematics discover?

2. How old would Archimedes have been when he moved out of the women's quarters?

3. What did Archimedes write about mathematics?

4. What principle did Archimedes discover that is one of the basic scientific tests of all the elements?

5. When was the city of Alexandria founded?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Euclid?

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

3. How did the Egyptians and Babylonians use astronomy?

4. How was Archimedes' birth celebrated?

5. What did the Egyptians believe about the earth and stars?

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

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

8. What is a hydrometer and how does it work?

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

10. Why would a slave be put in charge of Archimedes when he started school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast life in Archimedes' time to life today.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

There are three different classes of levers. Discuss how a lever works and how the relationship of the different parts of a lever create the different lever classes.

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