Lighthouse
True of False: The lighthouse was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
True
When the library was established
235BC
True or False: Hellenistic women could only do housework and raise children.
False
Euclid was known for his work in math. Which field of math was he known for?
Geometry
The island the lighthouse was located in
Pharos
Founder of the library
The Ptolemy family
Name one thing Hellenistic women could do.
Handle legal and financial affairs, receive education, hold public offices
What was Aristarchus known for?
The first person to state that Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the Sun.
The cause of the destruction of the lighthouse
Earthquakes
The main language of the library's resources
Greek
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
What did Archimedes' well-known invention do?
Carry water upward
The general who commissioned the lighthouse
Ptolemy
What was a perk of being a scholar at the library?
Paid by the Pharaoh, free meals, accommodation, able to focus only on research
Which order was the simplest in design?
Doric
Name one other famous works Archimedes was known for besides the Archimedes' Screw.
How levers and pulleys can lift and move heavy objects
Archimedes' Principle (what happens when an object floats in water)
How did the lighthouse provide light?
Fire burning at the top
The only translation that is known to have been recorded at Alexandria
The translation of the Jewish Bible from Hebrew to Greek
Poetesses
Who helped Aristarchus' theory gain support?
Nicolaus Copernicus, in the 1500s