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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Adrift in a Clockwork Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did King Louis XIV of France complain about with more accurate measures of longitude?
(a) That sea travel became more treacherous.
(b) That he was losing more territory to his astronomers than his enemies.
(c) That maps based on stars were inaccurate.
(d) That the economic costs of not knowing longitude were bankrupting his country.

2. How many sailors died near the Scilly Islands?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 2,000.

3. The difference between longitude and latitude is that latitude lines _____________ each other.
(a) Parallel.
(b) Bisect.
(c) Intersect.
(d) Converge with.

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

5. Who used the moons of Jupiter to solve the longitude problem?
(a) Ptolomy.
(b) Newton.
(c) Commodore Anson.
(d) Galileo.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the earliest lines of latitude, what marked the zero-degree line?

2. Before using clocks to navigate longitude, sailors used the __________.

3. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:

4. Who explained the moons of Jupiter with the velocity of light?

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

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