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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote a paper entitled, "The Sand Reckoner"?
(a) Claudius Ptolemy.
(b) Pontius Pilate.
(c) Aristarchus.
(d) Archimedes.

2. What is the science of the measurement of time, or timekeeping?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Cartography.
(d) Chronometry.

3. Eudoxus of Cnidus was a student of whom?
(a) Plato.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Claudius Ptolemy.

4. Nicolaus Copernicus was born thirty years after what was invented?
(a) The wheel.
(b) The printing press.
(c) The automobile.
(d) The radio.

5. As a physicist, Galileo attempted to bring physics into the discovery of what?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) The moon's movement.
(c) The sun's movement.
(d) The earth's movement.

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

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

8. Where was Galileo Galilei from?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

9. By the time of Archimedes' death, Greek science, along with the rest of the intellectual world, had been transferred from Athens to where?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Rome.
(d) England.

10. Who was the first to explore the coast of Africa and discover its rich natural resources in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?
(a) Nicole Oresme.
(b) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(c) Mikolai Kopernik.
(d) Martin Luther.

11. One of the most renowned transit expeditions was launched by the Royal Society in August 1768 on what ship?
(a) The HMS Endeavour.
(b) The HMS Explorer.
(c) The USS Explorer.
(d) The Beagle.

12. The Age of Discovery was a period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into what century?
(a) 16th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 17th.

13. When was Isaac Newton born?
(a) 1642.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1564.
(d) 1872.

14. The last great Western scientist before the Dark Ages was whom, according to the author?
(a) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Ancius Boethius.
(d) Marco Polo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Galileo's contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of what planet?

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

3. What was the epicenter of the burgeoning interest in seaward adventures, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?

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?

5. Where was Nicolaus Copernicus from?

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