Questions 1,3,4, and 5 on page 149

1. Hellenistic culture was the result of Alexander the Great's conquest, and was the blend of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian culture. Alexandria was a great trading city with a museum, library, and Alexander the Great's tomb. Euclid was a mathematician whose work we use today in geometry. Archimedes accurately estimated the value of pi, and invented the Archimedes screw. The Colossus of Rhodes was a 100ft bronze statue that was made on the island of Rhodes.
3. Trade allowed for the collection of many different peoples in one place, and in that place they could share their culture and knowledge.
4. Eratosthenes and Aristarchus both used Euclid's work to estimate the Earth's diameter and the position of the planets.
5. Stoicism and Epicureanism both believed in people living virtuous lives.