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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. Where was Vasco da Gama from?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Greece.
(c) England.
(d) France.

2. Approximately when was Eudoxus of Cnidus born?
(a) 218 B.C.
(b) 128 A.D.
(c) 410 B.C.
(d) 355 B.C.

3. The Great Pyramid of Giza was aligned to what, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?
(a) Uranus.
(b) The moon.
(c) A star.
(d) Venus.

4. Eudoxus went on to establish his own observatory where?
(a) Athens.
(b) The Nile.
(c) China.
(d) Alexandria.

5. As far back as Ptolemy, geography was employed as an aid in the study of what, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Heliocentricism.
(c) Triangulation.
(d) Cosmology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the conquest of Alexander the Great?

3. What was the epicenter of the burgeoning interest in seaward adventures, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?

4. Who wrote a paper entitled, "The Sand Reckoner"?

5. What word means small or tiny?

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