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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What symbol in the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70?
(a) Upsilon.
(b) Omicron.
(c) Omega.
(d) Xi.

2. Where does the author say early medieval Jews took up residence and discovered that Aristotle’s aversion to zero contradicted Jewish theology in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
(a) South America.
(b) Ancient Egypt.
(c) Muslim Spain.
(d) Rome.

3. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on what increment?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 60.
(d) 5.

4. How many minutes made up an hour in the ancient Greek system?
(a) 60.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 100.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The USS Yorktown was located off the coast of what location when the computer systems malfunctioned in September of 1997?

2. What god within Hinduism represents both creator and destroyer?

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

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

5. When the Indians adopted a Babylonian style number system, its base was what, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

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