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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Newton's Reach.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cited the scriptures where Joshua "commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth" in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) John Calvin.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Pontius Pilate.

2. When was Aristotle born?
(a) 385 B.C.
(b) 330 B.C.
(c) 384 B.C.
(d) 410 B.C.

3. What refers to the region of city-states in ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) Lemuria.
(b) Sumeria.
(c) Indochina.
(d) Egypt.

4. Where was Isaac Newton born?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

5. Driven by debt, Galileo invented what which was well-received in Venice?
(a) The camera.
(b) The radio.
(c) The telescope.
(d) The sailboat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Eudoxus of Cnidus born?

2. The Royal Society was established in what year?

3. Who discovered the rotation of Jupiter?

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"?

5. Where was Christopher Columbus from?

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