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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. The Age of Discovery was a period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into what century?
(a) 17th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 16th.

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

3. Where was Nicolaus Copernicus from?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

4. When did Christopher Columbus depart on his journey to the New World?
(a) 1492.
(b) 1624.
(c) 1515.
(d) 1496.

5. By the time of Archimedes' death, Greek science, along with the rest of the intellectual world, had been transferred from Athens to where?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Sparta.
(c) England.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Venetian Alvise da Cadamosto discover the Southern Cross?

2. Eudoxus of Cnidus was a student of whom?

3. Who sentenced Jesus Christ to death?

4. What is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion?

5. When was Isaac Newton born?

(see the answer key)

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