Astronomical Instrument: Astrolabe

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What is the name of the historical astronomical instrument used by classical astronomers, navigators, and astrologers?

Astronomer

Astrolabe (correct)

Astrometer

Astrograph

What is the primary language associated with the development of mathematical concepts in the medieval period?

Arabic (correct)

Greek

Latin

Hebrew

What is the widely held view about the development of mathematics after the Greeks?

The Greeks made no significant contributions to mathematics

There was a rapid progress in mathematics after the Greeks

There was a period of stagnation before the Europeans took over (correct)

Mathematics was abandoned after the Greeks

What is the name of the numeral system developed by Arabic mathematicians?

Hindu-Arabic numeral system (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the uses of the astrolabe?

Predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the field of study that deals with the positions and movements of celestial bodies?

Astronomy (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the basis of Al-Khwarizmi's major work on geography?

Ptolemy's Geography (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is a notable feature of Al-Khwarizmi's tables compared to Ptolemy's?

More accurate for regions where local knowledge was available (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the likely influence on Al-Khwarizmi's astronomical work?

Both Hindu astronomers and Ptolemy's work (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the topic of Al-Khwarizmi's two minor works?

The astrolabe and the sundial (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was included in Al-Khwarizmi's political history?

Horoscopes of prominent persons (D) Signup and view all the answers

How many localities were included in Al-Khwarizmi's geography work?

2402 (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the place-value decimal system of numbers?

It facilitated calculation and placed arithmetic foremost amongst useful inventions (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the origin of the geometry contained in the Sulbasutras?

It was contained in the altar constructions described in the Vedic mythology texts (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is known about the study of mathematical astronomy in India?

It goes back to at least the third millennium BC (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is unique about the Indian numerals for 1, 2, and 3?

There is no problem in understanding the symbols for these numbers (B) Signup and view all the answers

What has been shown by research into the history of Indian mathematics?

That the essentials of geometry were older and were contained in the Vedic mythology texts (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a common feature of the theories put forward by historians about the origin of the Indian numerals?

They have been put forward by historians over many years (D) Signup and view all the answers