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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What branch of mathematics are the ancient Egyptians credited with creating in order to successfully build objects to block the flooding of the Nile River each year?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Projective physics.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

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 Pythagorean system.
(d) The Golden Ratio.

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

4. Approximately when did Aristotle live?
(a) 384-322 BC.
(b) 601-548 BC.
(c) 214-181 BC.
(d) 520-459 BC.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Negative numbers first appeared where historically, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

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

3. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?

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

5. What name refers to sutra texts belonging to the Śrauta ritual and containing geometry related to fire-altar construction?

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