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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. What was the epicenter of the burgeoning interest in seaward adventures, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?
(a) Sumeria.
(b) Greece.
(c) Sagres.
(d) Rome.

2. Who backed the losing side of a power struggle and was jailed and executed in 524 A.D.?
(a) Ancius Boethius.
(b) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Archimedes.

3. When was the conquest of Alexander the Great?
(a) 385 B.C.
(b) 330 B.C.
(c) 410 B.C.
(d) 384 B.C.

4. Where was Eudoxus of Cnidus born?
(a) Greece.
(b) Rome.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Italy.

5. American Indians lost in the woods could find their way with the help of whom, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?
(a) Sky Mother.
(b) Sky Dancer.
(c) Spirit Mother.
(d) Father Sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reawakening of interest in the cosmos was sparked by the age of exploration, beginning with whose travels to China in the thirteenth century?

2. When was Aristotle born?

3. In what year did Bartholomeu Diaz round the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip if Africa?

4. Who accused Copernicus of thinking he was superior to God?

5. When did Eudoxus of Cnidus attend the Academy in Athens?

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