2. What refers to a system in which the location of a point is given by coordinates that represent its distances from perpendicular lines that intersect at a point called the origin?
(a) The Babylonian system.
(b) Cartesian coordinate system.
(c) The Golden Ratio.
(d) The Pythagorean system.

3. What work by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khwarizmi presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations in Arabic?
(a) A book of Annals.
(b) The Death of the Prophet.
(c) Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing.
(d) An Index of Arabic Books.

4. Filippo Brunelleschi was born in approximately what year?
(a) 1520.
(b) 1414.
(c) 1601.
(d) 1377.

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that Indian mathematicians first learned of zero from the Babylonians by way of what?
(a) The Greek conquest.
(b) The British Empire.
(c) The Roman conquest.
(d) The Spanish Inquisition.

Short Answer 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?

2. In 1996 and 1997, the USS Yorktown was equipped with a network of how many dual 200 MHz Pentium Pro-based computers running Windows NT 4.0?

3. Where did the Renaissance begin?

4. What region in the Middle East is widely considered to be the cradle of civilization?

5. Where was Giordano Bruno from?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 231 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)

View a FREE sample