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HIST 1301 Quiz # 1 To Antiquity
HIST 1301 Quiz # 1 To Antiquity
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1
The Egyptians were using a decimal number system by:
150 BCE
2500 BCE
800 CE
3000 BCE
2
Which two ancient civilizations are most often credited with the rise of numeracy?
Mesopotamia & Egypt
Greece & Rome
Babylonia & Mesopotamia
Babylonia & Greece
3
When did the Neolithic Revolution occur?
12,000-10,000 years ago
3200 BCE
3rd century BCE
1,500-2,000 years ago
4
What was the most pressing question for philosophers of the 6th century BCE?
Are there gods?
Is change possible?
How does the earth move?
What am I?
5
Why did many of the early natural philosophers assume that the earth was a sphere?
Priests told them it was
Centrifugal force
They observed other planets and knew earth was the same
The sphere was a divine shape
6
High rates of literacy, wealth, leisure and intellectual competitiveness were characteristic of
Ancient Mesopotamian Society
Ancient Babylonian Society
Ancient Greek Society.
Ancient Roman Society
7
Among the Platonic solids which could not be transmuted (changed) into the others?
fire
air
earth
water
8
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Cosmology
is an explanation of:
How the gods created the earth.
How the cosmos was formed.
How the cosmos functions.
Human civilization in Greece.
9
Diamond argues that differences in prosperity between societies is the result of biology.
False
True
10
A Cosmogony seeks to
Explain the basic laws of physics
Explain the origins of the universe
Pass on history
Understand how the universe works
11
Natural Philosophy flourished in Hellenic Greece because:
No patronage = no pressure. Individuals researched interests
All of the above.
No patronage = no need for practical applications
Intellect was fashionable
12
What does "specialization" mean?
The refining of a crop to make it better for humans.
Community provides for members who focus on specific tasks
The use of special formulas to survey and land
The educational path chosen by early natural philosophers
13
This is an example of the early mathematics of which culture?
Greek
Roman
Egyptian
Mesopotamian
14
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Where most of the world's food is grown today
A mountain valley in New Guinea full of lush jungle
Area with the first permanent agricultural civilisations
Area in South America where llamas were first domesticated
15
__________ proposed that the world was separated into fire, air, earth, water, love & strife
Thales
Leucippus
Empedocles
Anaximander
16
What does "specialisation" mean?
The educational path chosen by early natural philosophers
The refining of a crop to make it more nutritious for humans
The use of special formulas to survey land
Community provides for members who focus on specific tasks
17
What is the man in this picture using?
Levallois technique
Prismatic Blade
Slingshot
Atlatl
18
Plato believed the cosmos to be the result of:
The will of the of the gods
The Big Bang
Random combinations of atoms
Divine reason and planning
19
Which of the following was NOT an important prerequisite for scientific thinking?
Literacy
Democracy
Contact with other cultures
Prosperity
20
Why was the prismatic blade technology so important?
It allowed for the creation and use of compound tools
It created rainbows with prisms
It was used to make fire
It allowed for the creation of other tools
21
Who believed that you could trust your senses?
Descartes
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
22
When did fully alphabetic (written) language appear in human history?
Around 800 BCE
Around 1500 BCE
Around 300 CE
Around 2000 BCE
23
Aristotle believed that to understand nature you had to observe it without interfering with it.
True
False
24
Fully Alphabetic Languages were developed by _____ and widely in use by ______
100 BCE & 200 CE
3000 BCE & 2000BCE
800 BCE & 500 BCE
1500 BCE & 800 BCE
25
Neolithic technology that enabled the creation of compound tools & new tools like bone needles
Prismatic Blade Technology
Acheulean Handaxe
Levallois Technique
Chopper-Chopping Tool
26
By 3500 BCE Humans could
Use universal mathematical symbols
Explain eclipses
Read and Write
Anticipate Seasons
27
The Babylonians were the first to systematically record observations about the universe. Why?
To measure time and seasons.
To understand the will of the gods.
They were looking for alien life.
To better understand the universe as a whole.
28
According to Aristotle's theory of levity, fire would move ______ the center of the universe.
away from
toward
with
29
The authenticity of scientific theory rests on
History
None of these
Absolute truths
Consensus (agreement)
30
The records left by ____________ astronomers represent the earliest instance of ______________.
Egyptian, Computational Astronomy
Grecian, Astrology
Babylonian, Computational Astronomy
Roman, Astrological records
31
A
Cosmogony
is
A set of myths that surround a religion.
A rare mineral.
An attempt to explain how the universe works.
An attempt to explain the origins of the universe.
32
The legacy of Thales of Miletus and his followers (Milesians) is the belief that:
Our world is governed by universal laws
Both of these answers
Neither of these answers
We can understand the laws & therefore understand our world
33
What "revolution" does literacy accompany?
Agricultural
Neolithic
Industrial
Palaeolithic
34
Diamond argues that societies with ____ are more innovative because they have time for _______
large mammals. breeding
long summers, multiple crops
little work, large populations
geographic wealth, specialisation
