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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 5%.

2. Approximately when did Pythagoras live?
(a) 481-412 BC.
(b) 570-495 BC.
(c) 684-610 BC.
(d) 1200-1195 BC.

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

4. Negative numbers first appeared where historically, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?
(a) India and China.
(b) In Mayan and Native American cultures.
(c) Egypt and Babylonia.
(d) Europe and the Americas.

5. What word did the Indians use for zero during Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi’s time?
(a) Nil.
(b) Sunya.
(c) Siro.
(d) Zeno.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the religious or philosophical concept that the soul is reborn after biological death?

2. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?

3. Approximately when did Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi live?

4. Approximately when did Aristotle live?

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

(see the answer key)

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