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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The War Machines of Archimedes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did people first glimpse the idea of gravity and its effects?
(a) 12th century.
(b) Some time during the 200s B.C.
(c) 17th century.
(d) Some time during the 600s B.C.

2. When do most people believe that the first real understanding of the laws of gravitation began?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 12th century.
(c) 300 B.C.
(d) 300 A.D.

3. How many sides did the polygons have that Archimedes used to determine the area of a circle?
(a) 112.
(b) 96.
(c) 36.
(d) 8.

4. Which branch of mathematics deals with motion and change?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Applied Mathematics.
(d) Algebra.

5. How many planets did Greek astronomers observe?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which factories would ships bring manufactured goods?

2. How long did the Romans preserve some of Archimedes' astronomical machines?

3. In what book did Archimedes give mathematicians a logical way to start any problem and an orderly way of setting things down?

4. What was the name of the largest number for which the Greeks had a name?

5. When Archimedes estimated the number of grains of sand that would fill the universe, what common Greek measure did he use?

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