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{True or False, The principal difference between ancient astronomical history and archeoastronomy is cultural interpretations of phenomena in the sky. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is not a studied characteristic of the early history of astronomy? - the North Polar region - the first celestial globe + radiation - constellations - trained observers of today are different from the observers of antiquity
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{Yes or No, Libya was limited to the Cyrene peninsula in the time of Plato. + Yes - No
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{Name a Neolithic monument in England that may have functioned as a celestial observatory { stonehenge (i) }
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{Yes or No, Those parts of human interest in celestial phenomena which are amenable to mathematical treatment are called astronomy. + Yes - No
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{Which of the following are cosmogonical phenomenon associated with the Sun, or solar system? + watery abyss + aphrodite + Hermeneutes - cold dark matter + Heracles - unseen mass + Silver age
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{True or False, "Libya" may at one time have been the name for "Africa" west and south of Egypt. + TRUE - FALSE
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{The study of objects and matter outside the Earth's atmosphere and of their physical and chemical properties is called { astronomy (i) }
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{True or False, The ancient history period dates from around 8,000 to 3,000 b2k. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Match up the type of Sun system astrogony with each of the possibilities below: Babylonian epic story of creation - A a primordial or first Greek god - B the primeval chaos - C creation of heaven and earth - D Greek god personifying the sky - E Cronus (Saturn) castrating his father - F separation of the waters by a firmament { D (i) }. Chaos magno { B (i) }. Uranus { F (i) }. watery abyss { C (i) }. Ouranos { E (i) } Enuma Elish { A (i) }.
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{True or False, The classical history period dates from around 2,000 to 1,000 b2k. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following elephants appears to most closely resemble those of the Libyan rock engravings? - + - + - - - - - + - -
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{True or False, The early history period dates from around 3,000 to 2,000 b2k. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which group of astronomers were the first to keep written records of what they learned about the heavens? { Sumerians (i) }
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{True or False, The fundamental unit was over 1000 times smaller than an atom, suggesting the subatomic particles called delta rays. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following is not in the history of neutrino astronomy? - Enrico Fermi coined the term "neutrino" + Wolfgang Pauli postulated the muon neutrino - in the Cowan–Reines neutrino experiment, antineutrinos are created - a hydrogen bubble chamber was used to detect neutrinos - Niels Bohr was opposed to the neutrino interpretation of beta decay - a neutrino hitting a proton is detectable
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{What is the name of the oldest recorded star catalog? { Gan Shi Xing Jing (i) }
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{True or False, The Goddard rocket was the first sounding rocket to carry an X-ray detector above the Earth's atmosphere. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with the history of optical astronomy? - actuators may be a part of active optics + the Vela satellites were the first devices in space ever to detect optical bursts - Galileo made a telescope with about 3x magnification - Galileo sold his telescopes to merchants - Sidereus Nuncius - a terrestrial telescope or a spyglass could also be used to observe the sky
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{The rising Sun illuminates the inner chamber of Newgrange, Ireland, only at which solstice. { winter (i) }
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{True or False, Infrared astronomy began in the 1730s, a few decades after the discovery of infrared light by William Herschel - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with the history of violet astronomy? - photographs of the planet Venus taken in 1927 - two nebulous bright streaks running approximately perpendicular to the terminator on Venus - observations of Venus in 1959 with spectrographs show a wide continuous absorption - the stellar abundance of aluminum - the Galileo spacecraft observed Venus + the helium beta line
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{Who first proposed the hypothesis that the Sun is at rest, while the Earth and the planets rotate about the Sun? { Aristarchus (i) }
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{True or False, A new archaeological excavation has found a Babylonian telescope for the first time. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Fossil cercopithecoids have been found in the Early Miocene of { eastern (i) } Libya.
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{Observations of comets have benefited greatly from what phenomenon of cyan astronomy? - Cherenkov radiation - the electric blue glow of lightning - gas-expansion velocity decreases with increasing heliocentric distance - methane possesses prominent absorption bands in the visible - adaptive optics + the light of the neutral CN-radical
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{The history of astronomy, archaeoastronomy, and the application of historical records to modern astrophysical problems have been included in what astronomy? { historical (i) }
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{True or False, The astronomer Clyde Tombaugh is the discoverer of Charon. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following is a phenomenon associated historically with yellow astronomy? - Jupiter + sodium line emission - sunspots on the Sun - an emission with a wavelength of 420 nm - phosphorus - TiO
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{A collection of architectural astronomical instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II at his then new capital of Jaipur between 1727 and 1733 is known as the { Jantar Mantar (i) }
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{True or False, To ancient astronomers stars remain relatively fixed over the centuries while planets move an appreciable amount during a comparatively short time. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is not associated with spherical trigonometry? + the sum of the angles internal to a triangle is always 180° - Menelaus of Alexandria - Tycho Brahe - the sum of the angles internal to a triangle may be greater than 180° - chords - it is not appropriate to extend its mysteries to everyone
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{What term was first used with reference to the transfer of momentum from the Sun to the planets in 1942 { magnetohydrodynamics (i) }
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{True or False, The Sun is a classical planet. + TRUE - FALSE
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{From a historical perspective which of the following is not characteristic of the solar corona - the solar corona is electric - it drives away the tails of comets - a net charge on the Sun of approximately -0.3 x 1028 e.s.u. + extrasolar planets - the Reverend Lecturer referring to coronal holes - "the coronoidal discharges in poor vacua obtained by Prof. Pupin about an insulated metal ball are exceedingly like the rays and streamers of the solar corona."
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{True or False, Because of fossil and tool discoveries, there is proof that some representatives of Homo erectus lived over Northwest Africa south of Spain. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Aphrodite is linked to the Moon through her epithet { Pasiphaessa|Pasiphaessa (i) }
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{True or False, The observations of planetary motion agree with computed orbits to the accuracy of the observations. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Considering Spöerer's law which phenomenon is not associated with sunspots? - the forerunners of the new cycle are beginning to appear in high latitudes - in a minimum year the zone about 15° should be entirely barren - the greatest group of the year - the celebrated "eclipse group" - a cause produces variation of rotation rate with latitude + There is a slight acceleration of the rotation period from the first cycle to the second
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{True or False, According to Hesiod's Theogony, Uranus was conceived by Gaia alone, but other sources cite Aether as his father. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: The moon was formed independently of the earth and later { captured (i) }, presumably by a { three-body| three body (i) } interaction.
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{True or False, The base of the Neolithic is approximated to 12,200 b2k. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Name a classical planet that was not apparently seen in the sky before 5102 b2k { Venus (i) }
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{True or False, Tally sticks, notched bones dating as far back as 20–30,000 years ago, are believed by some to mark the sunspot cycle. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following most closely resemble the species of giraffe shown in the rock art of Libya? - + - - +  +
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{To the Babylonians, this object represented their god Marduk. { Jupiter (i) }
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{True or False, The V 2 rocket was first used as a sounding rocket for X-ray astronomy before being converted to a weapon. - TRUE + FALSE
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{The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is an astronomical document produced to help astronomers for what purpose? - predict the end of the Earth - determine the accuracy of local computers + accurately predict the equinoxes - demonstrate that Venus was once a comet - predict when currently dormant volcanoes will erupt - demonstrate that the local pyramids were built by aliens
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{True or False, The Holocene is a geological epoch which began at the end of the Pleistocene. + TRUE - FALSE
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{On 19 May 1910, the Earth actually passed through the tail of what comet. { Halley's (i) }
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{True or False, Demetrius lived at Abdère 300 years before the Christian era [2300 b2k]. In a short fragment quoted by Plutarch, he declares that the Milky Way is an agglomeration of small stars too far away to be perceived singly. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Johannes Kepler is not known for which of the following? - being an astrologer - a key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution + Euclidean geometry - projective geometry - if a straight line is extended to infinity it will meet itself at a single point at infinity, thus having the properties of a large circle - Rudolphine Tables
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{What type of early calculator is capable of working out several kinds of spherical astronomy problems { astrolabe (i) }
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{True or False, Historically, observatories were as simple as having some alignments on astronomical phenomena. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Sputnik I was involved in which of the following astronomies? - red astronomy - stellar astronomy - neutrino astronomy + radio astronomy - neutron astronomy - X-ray astronomy
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{"El Caracol" is an observatory at Chichen Itza, Mexico, serving at the very least as an observation. { post (i) }
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{True or False, The first gamma-ray telescope was carried into orbit aboard OSO 3. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Historically, orange astronomy is not known for which of the following? - Alpha Centauri B - Epsilon Eridani + Saturn - K spectral type stars - the Bayer designation for a star - the Indian city of Pondicherry in December 1689
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{Soon after the invention of radar astronomy, what classical planet was detected { Moon (i) }
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{True or False, Analysis of tree rings has revealed a detailed picture of past solar cycles. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Cheomseongdae was involved in which of the following astronomies? - cosmic-ray astronomy - infrared astronomy - neutrino astronomy + visual astronomy - ultraviolet astronomy - radio astronomy
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{True or False, The Holocene starts at ~11,700 b2k and extends to the present. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Before the current era and perhaps before 6,000 b2k which classical planet may have been green? { Osiris|Saturn (i) }
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{True or False, Ancient Libyans were skilled in the domestication of cattle and the cultivation of crops. + TRUE - FALSE
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{The paleolithic in Libya saw what evidence of the hominin Homo erectus? + worked stone + fossils of Homo erectus - fossil cercopithecoids in the Early Miocene of Libya - australopithecines in western Libya - populations of pastoralists + prehistoric tooth wear attributed to Homo erectus
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{The following phenomena are associated with the Golden Age? - Jupiter + An, the oldest and highest of the Sumero-Babylonian gods + Saturn + There is one God, greatest among gods and men - Nabu or Nebo - Hermes invented one language for one people, another for another
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{True or False, Mercury may have once been a satellite of Jupiter, or possibly of Saturn. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following phenomena are associated with Venus? + separate stars, Phosphorus, the morning star, and Hesperus, the evening star - locally available carving tools + the ionosphere was observed to become elongated downstream, rather like a long-tailed comet, during a rare period of very low density solar outflow + Lucifer, literally "Light-Bringer", and Vesper - currently dormant volcanoes only on the Sun-facing side - a breathable atmosphere
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{Yes or No, The mesolithic period dates from around 13,000 to 8,500 b2k. + Yes - No
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Hypotheses

 * 1) The history of radiation astronomy dates at least to 42,000 b2k.