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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Calculus allowed Newton to combine the known natural laws of physics into one grand set of laws that could be expressed as what?
(a) M-Theory.
(b) Differential equations.
(c) The Golden Ratio.
(d) String theory.

2. Ptolemy wrote what mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths?
(a) The Epicurean.
(b) The Golden Ratio.
(c) The Almagest.
(d) Physics.

3. What 12 Century rabbi sought to reconcile Greek philosophy with the Semitic Bible?
(a) Maimonides.
(b) Nahmanides.
(c) Shlomo ben Aderet.
(d) Robert Wexler.

4. What region in the Middle East is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization?
(a) The Fertile Crescent.
(b) The Nile Region.
(c) The Twin Towers.
(d) The Mayan Region.

5. What refers to a system of tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church during the second half of the 16th Century?
(a) The Roman Inquisition.
(b) The Catalina Inquisition.
(c) The Spanish Inquisition.
(d) The Medieval Inquisition.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ancient Egyptians used math to create what type of calendar?

2. The House of Wisdom was based in Baghdad during what centuries?

3. Who founded the House of Wisdom that was established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq?

4. The ancient Babylonians are credited with the creation of what calculation tool?

5. Zeno of Elea followed what Eleatic school founder in believing that the nature of the universe was changeless and immobile?

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