View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Eudoxus of Cnidus attend the Academy in Athens?
(a) 330 B.C.
(b) 384 B.C.
(c) 385 B.C.
(d) 410 B.C.

3. 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) 123 A.D.
(b) 476 A.D.
(c) 12 B.C.
(d) 90 A.D.

4. What ancient people thought of the sky as a canopy supported by the mountains, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?
(a) The Lemurians.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Egyptians.
(d) The Greeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Copernicus was impressed by the logic of whose belief that there was an underlying structure to the entire universe?

2. Isaac Newton developed a theory on gravitation and in doing so demolished whose dual universe?

3. When was Claudius Ptolemy born?

4. Legend had it that Galileo dropped what off the tower of Pisa to illustrate that all objects fell at the same rate of speed?

5. Eudoxus went on to establish his own observatory where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of the cosmos confused ancient astronomers, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

2. Who developed the marine chronometer? How is his work described in Chapter 7: "A Plumb Line to the Sun"?

3. What were the practical reasons for ancient civilizations to focus on the cosmos, as described by the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

4. How is the telescope Newton developed described in Chapter 6: "Newton's Reach"?

5. What sparked the reawakening of interest in the cosmos, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?

6. With whom did Eudoxus study astronomy, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"? Where?

7. What achievements did Aristarchus accomplish in the sciences according to the author in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"? What did Archimedes write?

8. How had Greek science changed by Archimedes' death according to the author in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"?

9. How did the concept of inertia change the image of the cosmos, according to the author in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"?

10. How does the author describe the ancient civilizations' perception of space in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 946 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample