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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines?
(a) Micrometer.
(b) Chronometry.
(c) Parallax.
(d) Cartography.

3. What is a division of the astronomical science that is concerned with getting data, in contrast with theoretical astrophysics, which is mainly concerned with finding out the measurable implications of physical models?
(a) Cosmology.
(b) Observational astronomy.
(c) Asceticism.
(d) Alchemy.

4. What is the study and practice of making maps?
(a) Cartography.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Chronometry.

5. Isaac Newton developed a theory on gravitation and in doing so demolished whose dual universe?
(a) Claudius Ptolemy's.
(b) Eudoxus'.
(c) Plato's.
(d) Aristotle's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Christopher Columbus depart on his journey to the New World?

2. Who discovered the rotation of Jupiter?

3. What Russian scientist theorized that the beginning of the universe may have started with a core so hot and dense that it created nuclear fusion and created the elements now known to man?

4. The subject of a universe of galaxies emerged again when Johann Lambert was appointed where?

5. 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"?

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