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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 Vasco da Gama from?
(a) Portugal.
(b) France.
(c) Greece.
(d) England.

2. The decline of Rome occurred over a period of four centuries, culminating in what year, when Romulus Augustus, the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer?
(a) 90 A.D.
(b) 12 B.C.
(c) 476 A.D.
(d) 123 A.D.

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

4. In trigonometry and geometry, what is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly?
(a) Chronometry.
(b) Triangulation.
(c) Alchemy.
(d) Astronomy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Aristotle born?

2. Kant first became interested in space travel after reading a review of what philosopher's book?

3. When was the conquest of Alexander the Great?

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

5. Who elevated spectroscopy to an exact science?

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