1. What foremost astronomer of the sixteenth century proved Aristotle wrong in 1577?
(a) John Calvin.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Tycho Brahe.
(d) Plato.

2. 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?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Quantum flux.
(c) Asceticism.
(d) Inertia.

3. Who did Christopher Columbus persuade to finance his search for a New World?
(a) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) King Henry IV.
(d) Queen Isabella.

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 Mother.
(b) Sky Dancer.
(c) Spirit Mother.
(d) Father Sky.

5. 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) Pontius Pilate.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) John Calvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which astronomer discovered that some nebulae had spiral structures?

3. Approximately when was Eudoxus of Cnidus born?

4. Who elevated spectroscopy to an exact science?

5. What is the second premise of "On the Origin of Species"?

(see the answer key)

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