Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Huygens best known as?
2. What was the official title of the monetary award for solving the longitude problem?
3. Who completed the first working pendulum clock?
4. In AD 150, who plotted lines of longitude and latitude?
5. What toy does the narrator play with at the beginning of Chapter 1: Imaginary Lines?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the story of Sir Clowdisley included in Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time?
2. What was the result of the Whiston-Ditton proposal?
3. Compare Newton's thoughts about the solution of the longitude problem at the beginning of Chapter 6: The Prize to his thoughts at the end of the chapter.
4. What were the problems with William Whiston's proposal for determining longitude?
5. In Harrison's early clockmaking years, what was his goal?
6. In 1530, Flemish astronomer Gemma Frisiusm wrote that the clocks of his day "provided no problem to those who traveled." In reality, what were the problems with clocks of his day for travel?
7. What was the Longitude Act of 1714?
8. What two advances did Thacker's chronometer make? Why did it still not work?
9. What was King Charles II's role in solving the longitude problem?
10. What was Humphrey Ditton's suggestion for determining longitude?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Royal Astronomers were determined that the answer to the longitude problem resided in the heavens. Why wouldn't the astronomer's consider an alternative solution to the longitude problem, such as Harrison's clock solution?
Essay Topic 2
The hero of "Longitude" is John Harrison. In an essay, outline his major accomplishments in relation to the longitude problem. Did his background help or hurt him? What controversies did he have to endure?
Essay Topic 3
Not knowing how to determine longitude caused devastating human and economic consequences. In an essay, describe what the human and economic consequences were, citing examples from the text.
|
This section contains 773 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
