Question 1
The most famous scientist of his era, Archimedes of Syracuse, was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT
A) uniting the disciplines of science and philosophy.
B) designing military devices to thwart siege attackers.
C) creating the science of hydrostatics.
D) establishing the value of the mathematical constant pi.
E) work on the geometry of spheres and cylinders.
Question 2
Sectionalism refers to
A) identifying with members of one's social class.
B) political loyalty to one's own region of the country.
C) loyalty to one's political party.
D) loyalty to one's country.
E) political identity on the basis of gender.
Question 3
The Alexandrian scholar Euclid's most famous achievement was
A) systematizing the study of geometry.
B) calculating the earth's circumference.
C) formulating and synthesizing the predominant elements in military science.
D) transferring the capital of Hellenistic science from Athens to Alexandria.
E) inventing the Archimedean screw.
Question 4
Which of these groups participated in the Ten Hour Movement?
A) the Lowell Female Reform Association
B) Philadelphia blacksmiths and carpenters
C) American factory workers
D) British factory workers
E) All of these are correct.
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