Background
Accomplishments and legacy
Discoveries
100
Ptolemy was born is this country, which was controlled by the Roman Empire at the time.
What is Egypt?
100
It is said that Ptolemy's maps of Asia and Africa inspired this Italian explorer who discovered the Americas.
Who is Cristopher Columbus?
100
Ptolemy considered this man to be his most important predecessor, who we have already studied this year.
Who is Hipparchus?
200
This was Ptolemy's first name.
What is Cladius?
200
This was one of Ptolemy's most famous works, which translates to "the greatest".
What is the Almagest?
200
Ptolemy listed forty-eight of these groups of stars in his star catalog.
What are constellations?
300
Ptolemy was educated in this city, which was famous for the Pharos lighthouse.
What is Alexandria?
300
Ptolemy is considered by many to be the father of western this, what we studied for debate in challenge A.
What is cartography?
300
Ptolemy was also a mathematician who did important work in this branch of mathematics that studies shapes, sizes, and angles.
What is geometry?
400
This was Ptolemy's religion.
What is Christianity?
400
Ptolemy has craters named after him on these two objects in our solar system.
What are the moon and Mars?
400
This is the name of the model Ptolemy believed with the earth at the center of the solar system.
What is the geocentric model?
500
Although he was a Roman citizen Ptolemy wrote in this language.
What is Koine Greek?
500
Ptolemy wrote a book called Harmonikon, also known as Harmonics, which dealt with this.
What is music theory?
500
This man was the first to challenge Ptolemy's belief by putting the sun at the center of the solar system in the sixteenth century.
Who is Copernicus?