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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Sun Worshipers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Christopher Columbus persuade to finance his search for a New World?
(a) King Henry IV.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(d) Queen Isabella.

2. What refers to the region of city-states in ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) Lemuria.
(b) Indochina.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Sumeria.

3. When was Claudius Ptolemy born?
(a) 120 B.C.
(b) 90 A.D.
(c) 476 A.D.
(d) 224 A.D.

4. When was Galileo Galilei born?
(a) 220 B.C.
(b) 1642.
(c) 410 A.D.
(d) 1564.

5. Copernicus studied the great astronomers, and particularly admired whom?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Claudius Ptolemy.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Aristarchus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Practical reasons for learning about the stars and their movement included what in ancient times, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

2. Who wrote the work "Mathematical Syntaxis"?

3. Who was the first to explore the coast of Africa and discover its rich natural resources in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?

4. The decline of Rome occurred over a period of four centuries, culminating in what year, when Romulus Augustus, the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer?

5. Nicolaus Copernicus was born thirty years after what was invented?

(see the answer key)

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