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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. The USS Yorktown was used as the test-bed for what Navy program beginning in 1996?
(a) The Smart Ship program.
(b) The Subatomic program.
(c) The Eastern Invasion program.
(d) The Drone program.

3. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that the Indians borrowed Greek geometry but never worried about what?
(a) Recording or calculating area.
(b) Symbols for numerals.
(c) The Pythagorean Theorem.
(d) The diagonal of the square.

4. Copernicus developed what kind of model of the universe?
(a) A culture centric model.
(b) A lunar centric model.
(c) A heliocentric model.
(d) A geocentric model.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Copernicus live?

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

3. The author states in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured” that India adopted a Babylonian style number system around what century?

4. 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?

5. The reason for the reform of the Gregorian calendar was to solidify what Christian holiday to a particular time of year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the concept of zero relate to the beliefs of Hinduism?

2. How does the author describe the relationship between early Christianity and zero in Chapter 2, “Nothing Comes of Nothing”?

3. What Italian mathematician was responsible for the introduction of zero to Christianity and the Western world, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

4. How does the author describe Islam’s history in the seventh century in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

5. Where does the author claim zero was “born” in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”? How was zero involved in early mathematics?

6. How does the author describe the early counting systems of prehistoric mathematics in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?

7. What mathematical properties of zero presented problems in the ancient world, according to the author in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?

8. How are ancient Babylonian mathematics described in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?

9. How did zero enter into Indian mathematics, according to the author in Chapter 3, “Nothing Ventured”?

10. How does the author assert zero’s existence has been responsible for mathematical progress in Chapter 1, “Nothing Doing”?

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