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

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

3. 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"?
(a) Timekeeping and navigation.
(b) Determining religious history.
(c) Predicting the future.
(d) Estimating the population.

4. In what year did Bartholomeu Diaz round the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip if Africa?
(a) 1598.
(b) 1455.
(c) 1616.
(d) 1488.

5. Copernicus was influenced by what Parisian scholar who theorized that the earth was in motion?
(a) Eudoxus.
(b) Nicole Oresme.
(c) Pontius Pilate.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Arabic secret society published tables of planetary distances that had been calculated by Aristarchus?

2. Where was Eudoxus of Cnidus born?

3. What refers to the region of city-states in ancient Mesopotamia?

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. When was Isaac Newton born?

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