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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first premise of "On the Origin of Species"?
(a) There are variations within species.
(b) Survival is based on nature versus nurture.
(c) Living creatures create more off-spring than nature can support.
(d) Survival is based on the process of natural selection.

2. What is the second premise of "On the Origin of Species"?
(a) Survival is based on the process of natural selection.
(b) There are variations within species.
(c) Living creatures create more off-spring than nature can support.
(d) Survival is based on nature versus nurture.

3. What was the epicenter of the burgeoning interest in seaward adventures, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?
(a) Greece.
(b) Sagres.
(c) Rome.
(d) Sumeria.

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"?
(a) Sky Dancer.
(b) Spirit Mother.
(c) Sky Mother.
(d) Father Sky.

5. What is a member of a class of very luminous variable stars?
(a) Parallax.
(b) Micrometer.
(c) Dark matter.
(d) Cepheid.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the most renowned transit expeditions was launched by the Royal Society in August 1768 on what ship?

2. In what country is Stonehenge located?

3. In what year did Charles Darwin theorize that the Dangerous Archipelago was once a series of volcanoes?

4. Who wrote the work "Mathematical Syntaxis"?

5. Copernicus was influenced by what Parisian scholar who theorized that the earth was in motion?

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