Unit 1.1 Test Review

Describe what astronomy was like very early on in history.

• Observing the motions of the sun and planets.

• Influencing politics by using astrology.

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  Observing the motion of celestial objects

Religious interpretations of celestial objects and worshiping the planets relates to what?

• the study of astrology and astronomy

• The origins of astrology

• The beginning of the study of astronomy

When did the Chinese astronomers observe a supernova / "guest star"?

• 1054 B.C.

• 1054 A.D.

• 1045 A.D.

• 1045 B.C.

What are the three oldest megaliths and how old are they?

• Mesopotamia 1,200 B.C., Nabta Playa = 7,000 B.C., Stonehenge = 3,000 B.C.

• Nabta Playa = 3,000 B.C., Stonehenge = 3,000 B.C., Newgrange = 7,000 B.C.

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  Nabta Playa = 7,000 B.C., Stonehenge = 3,000 B.C., Newgrange = 3,000 B.C.

The study of how ancient cultures understood and used celestial objects in their societies is a description of what?

• Megaliths

• Archaeoastronomy

• Astrology

If you sat on a cairn of the Big Horn Medicine Wheel what would you see directly across from you?

• 28 spoke-like lines of stones connected to the rim and 6 more stone cairns arranged around the circle.

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  Particular places on the distant horizon, where the sun rises or sets on the solstice, dawn stars for certain ceremonies.

• A doughnut-shaped pile of stones and particular places on the distant horizon.

Included in the current Stonehenge megalith was something important to the Druid religion. What was it?

• Celestial events

• Predictions of eclipses, equinoxes and solstices

• A type of celestial observatory

The Newgrange, Ireland ancient burial site is a megalith that shows ________.

• The 1st day of summer

• The 1st day of winter

• The 1st day of fall

• The 1st day of spring

How do we describe the Antikythera Mechanism?

• An ancient tool that is notched in degrees with a pointer

  
  

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  A tool used for navigation before the sextant was invented

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  An ancient Greek astronomical computer

• none of the above

What is the numerical difference between Eratosthenes' calculation and the actual circumference of the Earth?

• Around 765 km

• Around 865 km

• Around 675 km

• Around 575 km