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The Greek Philosophers

Created by GeniusBoy

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The Greek Philosophers game quiz
"This is a quiz on the ancient Greek philosophers and primarily their scientific achievements. It's not that difficult (at least in my opinion) so good luck. Enjoy."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. First off, what does the word philosopher mean?
    scientific teachers
    thinker
    discoverer
    lover of wisdom


2. The first of the important Greek philosophers (born around 624 B.C.) is considered to be whom?
    Ptolemy
    Thales
    Pythagoras
    Eratosthenes


3. Which Greek philosopher is often called the Founder of Astronomy?
    Anaximander
    Aristarchus
    Anaximenes
    Anaxagoras


4. Who thought that stars (along with souls, the sun, and the moon)were made of something he called 'aer' and that the stars burned?
    Aristotle
    Anaximenes
    Plato
    Aristarchus


5. Which Greek philosopher taught that the earth was a globe and that it was fixed within a sphere that held the stars (he also taught a certain theorem of his, A squared plus B squared equals C squared)?
    Aristotle
    Anaximenes
    Pythagoras
    Eratosthenes


6. Which Greek philosopher theorized that solar eclipses were caused by the passage of the moon between the sun and the earth (which was correct)?
    Aristarchus
    Anaxagoras
    Plato
    Eratosthenes


7. Who proposed that the sun is at the center of the solar system (as opposed to the earth) and that the earth orbits it while rotating (about 2000 years before Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the same theory)?
    Anaximenes
    Aristotle
    Aristarchus
    Anaximander


8. Which Greek philosopher estimated the size of the earth using only a few sticks (he was within 4 percent of what we know it to be today)?
    Anaximander
    Eratosthenes
    Plato
    Aristarchus


9. Who, in old age, commited suicide by starvation because he had gone blind and was deprived of his ability to observe?
    Ptolemy
    Anaximenes
    Eratosthenes
    Thales


10. Which Greek philosopher reasoned that heavier objects would fall to the earth faster than lighter objects?
    Thales
    Aristotle
    Anaximander
    Eratosthenes


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