Question

Select the statement that is false.

O The Greeks knew the earth revolved around the sun.
O The Greeks knew of the daily rotation of the earth.
O The Greeks computed the diameter of the earth to near exactness.
O The Greeks believed the earth was flat.

Answer 1

The first person to suggest that the earth was a sphere was Pythagoras, in the sixth century BC. The ancient Greeks could not have known that the Earth revolted around the sun, because it was not until the 15th century that Copernicus proposed the heliocentric theory.
So, the answer should be A instead of D.

Answer 2

D. The Greeks believed the earth was flat