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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 word means small or tiny?
(a) Demonstrative.
(b) Diminutive.
(c) Indicative.
(d) Intuitive.

2. 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) Triangulation.
(b) Heliocentricism.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Cosmology.

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

4. 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) Father Sky.
(b) Spirit Mother.
(c) Sky Mother.
(d) Sky Dancer.

5. Who wrote the work "Mathematical Syntaxis"?
(a) Eudoxus.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Aristarchus.
(d) Claudius Ptolemy.

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. When was Galileo Galilei born?

3. What describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals?

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

5. Eudoxus went on to establish his own observatory where?

(see the answer key)

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