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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Sun Worshipers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the region of city-states in ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) Lemuria.
(b) Indochina.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Sumeria.

2. The last great Western scientist before the Dark Ages was whom, according to the author?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(c) Ancius Boethius.
(d) Marco Polo.

3. When was Galileo Galilei born?
(a) 220 B.C.
(b) 410 A.D.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1564.

4. When did Eudoxus of Cnidus attend the Academy in Athens?
(a) 410 B.C.
(b) 385 B.C.
(c) 330 B.C.
(d) 384 B.C.

5. In what country is Stonehenge located?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Venetian Alvise da Cadamosto discover the Southern Cross?

2. By the time of Archimedes' death, Greek science, along with the rest of the intellectual world, had been transferred from Athens to where?

3. Who cited the scriptures where Joshua "commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth" in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"?

4. What was the original name of Nicolaus Copernicus?

5. The Age of Discovery was a period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into what century?

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