Chapters 1-5 Final Review

Question 1

gave his name to the “new land”

Answer 1

Amerigo Vespucius

Question 2

calculated the circumference (distance around) of the earth

Answer 2

Eratosthenes

Question 3

connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 3

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 4

How was Ptolemy able to gather so much of the world’s knowledge at that time for his library and museum in Alexandria, Egypt?

Answer 4

He ordered a search of all ships, caravans, and visitors entering Alexandria. When books, maps, or anything interesting was found, they were confiscated, taken to the library where they were copied, and then returned

Question 5

circumference of the earth

Answer 5

24,875 miles

Question 6

opened a library and museum in Alexandria

Answer 6

Ptolemy

Question 7

Explain the three ways the Greeks knew the earth was round.

Answer 7

lunar eclipse- the shadow of the earth as it fell on the moon was circular.

A ship sailing out to sea - the hull disappears first and the mast last (if the earth were flat, the ship would just get smaller).

The North Star was higher in the North than in the South.