Hist108_PPT14_StudyGuide

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1. Multiple Choice : Where did the general flow of techniques before 1500 primarily move from?  A) West to East  B) North to South  C) East to West  D) South to North 2. Multiple Choice : Which cultures were considered "Mechanically Minded" before 1450?  A) Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks  B) Muslims, Chinese, and Western Europeans  C) Indians, Persians, and Byzantines  D) Japanese, Vikings, and Africans 3. Multiple Choice : What was a major conduit for borrowing technology from China to Europe through Muslim intermediaries?  A) The Silk Road  B) The Crusades  C) Maritime trade routes  D) The Mongol Empire 4. Multiple Choice : In what year is the earliest picture of a European cannon documented?  A) 1326  B) 1450  C) 1095  D) 1200 5. Multiple Choice : What system did Leonardo Fibonacci introduce to Europe in 1202?  A) The binary system  B) Roman numerals  C) The abacus system  D) The "manner of the Indians" for calculations 6. Multiple Choice : Who was among the first to promote the Hindu- Arabic numeral system in Europe for commerce, government, and technology calculations?  A) Galileo Galilei  B) Fibonacci  C) Albertus Magnus  D) Nicolas Copernicus 7. Multiple Choice : What year did the city of Florence ban the use of Arabic numerals in contracts and official documents?  A) 1299  B) 1202  C) 1450  D) 1503 8. Multiple Choice : Who developed one of the earliest perpetual motion machines using magnets in 1269?

 A) Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt  B) Leonardo da Vinci  C) Villard de Honnecourt  D) Robert Fludd 9. Multiple Choice : The "Clock" symbolized European advancement in which field by the beginning of the 16th century?  A) Military technology  B) Agricultural tools  C) Scientific instruments  D) Communication devices 10. Multiple Choice : What represents the concept of Mechanical Order in the 16th century?  A) The astrolabe  B) The compass  C) Clocks  D) The telescope 11. Multiple Choice : Which invention was not part of the 16th- century technological dialogue between Europe and Asia?  A) Sailing chariot  B) Helicopter top  C) The steam engine  D) Paddle-wheel boats 12. Multiple Choice : What motivated internal migration in sixteenth-century Europe?  A) Climatic changes  B) Repressive state policies and religious persecution  C) Exploration of new lands  D) Agricultural advancements 13. Multiple Choice : Which institution sought artisans to discover the secret of porcelain manufacture?  A) The Medicis of Florence  B) The Vatican  C) The University of Oxford  D) The Royal Society 14. Multiple Choice : Who questioned the origins of cannons and their spread across Europe?  A) Guido Panciroli  B) Johannes Gutenberg  C) Leonardo da Vinci  D) Simon Stevin 15. Multiple Choice : Which of the following did not contribute to rapid technological advancement according to the presentation?  A) Intense religious and cultural hostilities  B) Quiet isolation and peace  C) Competition between states

 D) The Cold War Era as a modern example 16. Multiple Choice : In what year did Europeans master the techniques of casting iron cannon?  A) 1541  B) 1450  C) 1618  D) 1326 17. Multiple Choice : Who introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and trigonometry to European astronomers?  A) Nicolaus Copernicus  B) Johannes Kepler  C) Tycho Brahe  D) Gerard of Cremona 18. Multiple Choice : What was the main discrepancy in the Ptolemaic Model critiqued by Europeans?  A) Its mathematical complexity  B) Its lack of observational accuracy  C) Its physical and philosophical foundations  D) Its disregard for the heliocentric theory 19. Multiple Choice : The Age of Voyages led to the discovery of what astronomical feature in the southern hemisphere?  A) The Southern Cross constellation  B) The Magellanic Clouds  C) The Andromeda Galaxy  D) The Orion Nebula 20. Multiple Choice : What misconception did Aristotle have about the geography of the Earth?  A) That the Earth was flat  B) That there exists an uninhabitable “torrid zone” between the Tropics  C) That the Earth was the center of the universe  D) That the southern hemisphere was entirely covered in water

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