Egypt
Ancient Egyptian surveyors were called this.
What are Rope Stretchers
The city of Miletus is located in this country.
What is Greece?
This method was used to measure the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
When is the shadow of Giza equal to the height of Giza?
The word "Geometry" literally means this.
What is "earth measuring"?
This is the distance from the centre of a circle to its circumference.
What is the radius?
Egyptians used this unit of measurement to measure lengths.
What is a cubit?
Thales of Miletus studied with these learned men.
Who are Egyptian Priests?
This person's geometry textbook was the standard geometry textbook used in the Western world.
Who is Euclid?
During the Crusades, Adelard of Bath learned and translated geometry proofs for the first time from the (blank) people
What is Islamic?
The angle at the circumference of a semicircle is this measurement.
What is ninety degrees
Egyptians used this item to measure distance.
What is a rope with regular length knots tied into it?
He developed the theorem that related the length of the sides of a right-angle triangle.
Who is Pythagoras of Samos?
(Blank) Mathematicians used simple facts to PROVE complicated facts.
Who were Greek mathematicians?
This is the measurement length from the tip of the middle finger to the crook of the elbow.
What is a cubit?
A line that touches a circle at only one point.
What is a tangent?
Egyptians typically surveyed land as either squares or rectangles to make it easier to measure the area and hence calculate taxes. They probably used this method to measure out a perfect square.
What is the 3-4-5 method
These are the three tools that Greek builders would have had.
What are the straight edge, the compass and the carpenter's square
He is known as Greece's first Philosopher, Astronomer and mathematician.
Who is Thales of Miletus?
The ancient Egyptian surveying rope was this long.
What is 100 cubits?
The triangle that can be formed using two equal intersecting circles.
What is an equilateral triangle?
This was the first person to go to Egypt and bring philosophy, astronomy and mathematics back to Greece.
Who is Thales of Miletus?
Thales geometry focused on the relationships between these three things.
What are lines, angles, and distances
This theorem is used to prove that the sum of angles in a triangle is equal to 180 degrees.
What is the alternate interior angle theorem?
Euclid’s Elements proved this number of geometry facts were true.
What is 173?
Two intersecting lines have (blank) opposite angles.
What are equal opposite angles?