Astrohistory/Quiz

Astrohistory is a lecture from the radiation astronomy department.

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Quiz
{True or False, The Paleolithic extends from the earliest known use of stone tools, probably by hominins such as australopithecines, 2.6 million years ago, to the end of the Pleistocene around 10,000 BP. + TRUE - FALSE
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{The first astronomical X-ray source in the constellation Dorado is likely to be which of the following? - the Sun - the Small Magellanic Cloud - Scorpius X-1 + the Large Magellanic Cloud - the Crab Nebula
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{Many star names in the earliest Babylonian star catalogues appear in Sumerian suggesting a continuity reaching into the { Early Bronze Age (i) }.
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{Astronomy phenomena associated with old Babylonian astronomy are - before the First Babylonian Dynasty + the First Babylonian Dynasty + before the Neo-Babylonian Empire - earliest recognition of aperiodic astronomical phenomena + the Enûma Anu Enlil + tablets
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{Complete the text: Lens-shaped { crystals|crystal (i) }, have long been known from { Bronze (i) } Age contexts.
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{Complete the text: Match up the astrohistory with each of the possibilities below: probably the world's oldest astronomers - A long count calendar - B cliff carvings from 8,000 b2k - C Nabta playa stone circles - D Venus alone is not found there - E Yana river site - F Egyptian astronomy { D (i) }. Mayan astronomy { B (i) }. Scandinavian astronomy { F (i) }. Chinese astronomy { C (i) }. Hindu astronomy { E (i) } Australian aboriginal astronomy { A (i) }.
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{Complete the text: Match up the observatory facility with the observatory: Ondrejov Observatory - A Okayama Astrophysical Observatory - B Orbiting Astronomical Observatory - C Metsähovi Radio Observatory - D Tortugas Mountain Planetary Observatory - E Pierre Auger Observatory - F { D (i) }. { A (i) }. { F (i) }. { C (i) }. { E (i) } { B (i) }.
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{Which of the following is not a Celtic astronomical phenomena? - the planet Mercury - inventor of all the arts - Apollo - Mars + Ra - Jupiter
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{True or False, Aristarchus of Samos proposed the hypothesis that the Sun is at rest. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following is not an astrohistorical source? + Io - Comet Venus - the Moon - Mars - Saturn - the Sun
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{ Yes or No, You are in the middle of an open field in the northern hemisphere at night. You see a local disc in the heavens flare up like a nova sending vapor towards Earth that may kill millions of people. Do you tell others? - No + Yes
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Astrohistory that has been around for more than 3,000 years is often thought of as myth.