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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Golden Ratio.
(b) The Babylonian system.
(c) The Pythagorean system.
(d) Cartesian coordinate system.

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

3. When did René Descartes live?
(a) 1596-1650.
(b) 1436-1501.
(c) 1625-1706.
(d) 1922-1969.

4. Approximately when was Giordano Bruno born?
(a) 1366.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1459.
(d) 1548.

5. How is zero represented in Roman numerals?
(a) I.
(b) C.
(c) X.
(d) It is not represented.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ancient Egyptians are credited with creating what numerical system?

2. What term refers to an argument that produces an inconsistency?

3. What refers to a system of tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church during the second half of the 16th Century?

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

5. How many minutes made up an hour in the ancient Greek system?

(see the answer key)

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