Quiz on "11.2 How the Earth Was Shown to be Round"




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There are two kinds of questions those with circles in front of the answers and those with squares in front of the answers.  The ones with circles have only one answer.  The ones with squares can have more than one answer but might only have one answer. Lets say a question has 2 right answers and you check the correct boxes but you also check two boxes that are the wrong answer. You will get a score of zero on the question even though 2 of the answers were correct. 
 

Why did the Babylonians think the earth was hollow?

Because they discovered caves underground.
Because they believed the kingdom of the dead was underground
Because they saw lava come out and thought it was from the fires of the underground
Because they saw springs of water come up and thought they were from underground rivers
 

If you walked every day for a month in the direction of the north pole, the stars you see in the sky would change more if the earth was

flat
round

 

If you approach a distant mountain from the ocean and the world was flat, which would you see first

The bottom of the mountain
The top of the mountain
The top and the bottom at the same time.

Who first proposed that the world was round?

Pythagoras
Aristotle
Eratosthenes

Who first provided strong evidence that the world was round

Pythagoras
Aristotle
Eratosthenes

Who first measured the size of the earth?

Pythagoras
Aristotle
Eratosthenes