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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Powder of Sympathy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Longitude Act of 1714 establish?
(a) Taxes on the use of maps with longitude.
(b) The lunar method as the government's way to calculate longitude.
(c) A uniform way to calculate longitude.
(d) A monetary prize for solving the problem of longitude.

2. When the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific, what did they not take with them?
(a) Harrison's clock.
(b) A compass.
(c) Medication to ward off scurvy.
(d) Smith's map.

3. The placement of the prime meridian was a ____________ decision.
(a) Political.
(b) Historical.
(c) Economic.
(d) Social.

4. What advantage did the magnetic variation method have over astronomical approaches at determining longitude?
(a) Longitude could now be charted on a map.
(b) It utilized new technology in clockmaking.
(c) It did not depend on knowing the time at two places at once.
(d) It didn't rely on wouding animals.

5. What was Flamsteed's title?
(a) "French stars master."
(b) "King of naval longitude."
(c) "Astronomical observator."
(d) "Celestial navigator."

Short Answer Questions

1. What could have avoided the tragedy near the Scilly Islands?

2. Hooke nor Huygens were able to:

3. What did Huygens and Hooke fight over?

4. When did clock makers begin to design clocks to measure longitude?

5. Early clocks weren't up to measuring longitude at sea for two reasons. They were not accurate and changed because of what while at sea?

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