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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What carpenter turned clockmaker invented the marine chronometer?
(a) Plato.
(b) Jean Richer.
(c) John Harrison.
(d) Marco Polo.

2. Where was Charles Darwin from?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

3. What is the science of the measurement of time, or timekeeping?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Chronometry.
(d) Cartography.

4. What is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being, most often referring to the Abrahamic God?
(a) Heliocentricism.
(b) Asceticism.
(c) Creationism.
(d) Triangulation.

5. In trigonometry and geometry, what is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly?
(a) Chronometry.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Triangulation.
(d) Astronomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. With advancements in clocks and the development of better maps, astronomers attempted to triangulate what planets?

2. Charles Darwin went on a five-year world-wide expedition on what brig?

3. Most of Copernicus's work was unpublished until his death because he feared what?

4. When was Charles Darwin born?

5. What book did Copernicus have published near the time of his death?

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