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

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. The Gregorian calendar replaced what calendar system in 1582?
(a) The Hipparchus’ Calendar.
(b) The Berber Calendar.
(c) The Julian Calendar.
(d) The Aristotelian Calendar.

3. 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) Projective physics.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

4. Pythagoreanism was a cult that greatly influenced what philosophical system?
(a) Athenism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Platonism.

5. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?
(a) 5th Century.
(b) 2nd Century.
(c) 6th Century.
(d) 1st Century.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During what decade did Henry VIII reject the Papal authority?

3. What in graphical perspective refers to a point in the picture plane π that is determined by a line in space?

4. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that the Indians borrowed Greek geometry but never worried about what?

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

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