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2. QUESTION 1and the answer is.......This well known civilization contributed to thestudy of circles as well as the construction ofsome of the most phenomenal and massiveconstructions in the ancient world. 3. WHAT IS EYGPT? 4. Question 2And the answer is......This ancient culture made many contributions tomathematics and number systems butgeometrically speaking, their major contributionwas in sparking the imagination of Pythagoraswhose study of mathematics lead him toeventually develop the Pythagorean theorem. 5. Who were the Babylonians? 6. Question 3And the answer is......Pythagoras gave mankind his marvelous theoremthat every Geometry student knows. He is alsocredited with discovering a magic property foundin nature and mathematics both. 7. What is the Golden Rectangle? 8. Question 4And the answer is......A student of Plato, this ancient mathematicianwrote a series of books called, The Elements ofGeometry 9. Who is Euclid? 10. Question 5And the answer is......This writing in ancient Indian society gave usrules for geometric constructions used in theirrituals that still apply today. (2012) 11. What is the Shatapatha Brahmana? 12. Question 6And the answer is......In the ancient orient, this mathematician created afamous work called, The Nine Chapters on theMathematical Art which discussed such conceptsas The Pythagoras Theorem and many problemswhere the area of various geometric shapes wasdiscussed. 13. Who is Liu Hui? 14. Question 7And the answer is......This ancient Islamic mathematician tried to takePythagorass theorem the extra distance to apply itnot only to right triangles but all triangles. 15. Who is Thbit ibn Qurra? 16. Question 8And the answer is......This ancient Persian poet best known for hisflowery words of love was also an accomplishedmathematician who made some contributions toour knowledge of geometry. 17. Who is Omar Khayyam? 18. Question 9And the answer is......The early Egyptians made a discovery into thecalculations for the circumference of a circle.They did not use pi but another fractionalrepresentation. 19. What is 8/9? 20. Question 10 And the final answer is......This geometric discipline also falls under DiscreteMath (Finite Mathematics). 21. What is finite geometry (a geometricsystem with a finite number of points? 22. Question 11And the answer is...... 23. REFERNCESQuest garden, history of geometry, (2012), picture accessed 6/15/2012,http://questgarden.com/43/63/4/070108070106/process.htmAncient Egyptian Number Hieroglyphs, (2012), picture accessed 6/15/2012,http://www.eyelid.co.uk/numbers.htmJulia Diggins,Pythagoras and His Followers, (1965), Viking Press, site accessed6/15/2012 http://www.anselm.edu/homepage/dbanach/pyth1.htmThe Golden Mean Discovered and Adapted (2012) picture accessed 6/1/5/2012,http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/John_Hagan/golden_mean.htmSatapatha Brahmana, Wikipedia, (2012), site accessed 6/15/2012,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satapatha_BrahmanaHistory of Chinese Culture, (2012), site accessed 6/15/2012,http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_26269.htm Encyclopedia Britannica, Thbit ibn Qurra, (2012) site accessed 6/15/2012,http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/589570/Thabit-ibn-QurrahThe New World Encyclopedia, Omar Khayyam, (2012), site accessed 6/15/2012,