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HIST 1827 Review 2 Antiquity to Translation
HIST 1827 Review 2 Antiquity to Translation
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__________ proposed that the world was separated into fire, air, earth, water, love & strife
Empedocles
Thales
Leucippus
Anaximander
2
What's missing?
fire
hot
ice
blood
3
If you take apart one water (icosahedron) you can make 2 air (octahedron) and 1 _______
Earth (cube)
Fire (Tetrahedron)
water (icosahedron)
universe (dedecahedron)
4
Who founded the Academy in Athens in 388?
Aristotle
Empedocles
Socrates
Plato
5
In Greek architecture the stone that bridges the top of the columns is called a(n):
Ceiling
Beam
Arch
Lintel
6
Among the Platonic Solids the Tetrahedron represented
Water
Fire
Love
Air
7
By _ all extant Greek works on medicine, natural phil., logic & math were translated to Arabic
1000 CE
336 CE
1426 CE
1200 CE
8
Hippocratic Medicine adopted the system of contraries developed by
Empedocles
Plato
Heraclitus
Aristotle
9
According to Aristotle plants, animals and humans all possess this type of soul.
Sensitive
Nutritive
Emotional
Rational
10
Which of the following cannot be transmuted into the others?
Fire
Earth
Air
Water
11
What was the most pressing question for philosophers of the 6th century BCE?
Are there gods?
Is change possible?
What am I?
How does the earth move?
12
What is missing from Aristotle's Epistemology (Theory of Knowledge)
Knowledge
Repeated Experience
Memory
Thoughtfulness
13
According to Aristotle's theory of Levity a book sitting on a desk is subject to forced motion.
True
False
14
Aristotle believed the Sphere of the Cosmos to be divided into the ________ realms
Wet and Dry
Earth and Air
Celestial and Terrestrial
Starry and Earthy
15
The Islamic Empire imported paper making technology from this Empire
Roman
Chinese
Ottoman
Greek
16
Which if these would NOT be considered one of Aristotle's "bloodless" animals?
Crab
Sea Anemone
Dragonfly
Shark
17
Which of the following was NOT an important prerequisite for scientific thinking?
Contact with other cultures
Prosperity
Democracy
Literacy
18
According to Aristotle's theory of Levity fire will always
Move away from the centre of the universe
Move toward the sun
Move toward the centre of the universe
19
A Cosmogony seeks to
Explain the origins of the universe
Explain the basic laws of physics
Understand how the universe works
Pass on history
20
What material did the Romans invent by adding aggregates to cement?
Plaster
Cement
Arches
Concrete
21
_________ believed nature to be intrinsic, while ___________ believed it to extrinsic.
Plato, Pre-Socratics
Pre-Socratic, Plato
22
What does viviparous mean?
Born live
Born from eggs
Living
Non-living
23
According to Aristotle which classification of animal belonged highest on the hierarchy?
Oviparous Quadrapeds
Viviparous Quadrupeds
Testacea
Crustacea
24
Greek influence is evident in the ________ structure of the Roman Pantheon.
Dodecahedron
Spherical
Arched
Marble
25
Plato's Cosmos was the product of...
The Big Bang
Reason and planning
The will of the gods
Random combinations of atoms
26
This is a map of what empire in 117 CE?
Chinese
Islamic
Greek
Roman
27
Which of Plato's dialogues survived almost intact through the Middle Ages?
On Virtue
The Republic
Timaeus
Theages