Quiz on History of Systems of Measurement

1. In the primitive ways of measurement, ____ originated from the width of a man’s thumb.

• a.  Lick                

• b.   Inch            

• c. Cubit

• d. Span

2. The length of the hand stretched out about 9 inches is called_____.

• a. Hand

• b.   Yard           

• c. Span

• d. Lick

3. In ancient Rome, it is the unit of length of the soldier’s double step march.

• a. foot

• b. pace

• c. Lick

• d. mile

4. Which of the following units is in the Imperial system?

• a. gram            

• b. liter            

• c. meter

•    d. foot

5. Which of the following is in SI?

•    a. second             

•    b. gallon           

•      c. mile

•      d. ounce

6. . Water freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C. Which system uses this unit for temperature?

• a. English System  

• b. Metric System    

• c. Primitive System

•     d. English and Metric System

7. The following units originated from primitive measurements

are still existing and were standardized, except?

• a. inch                   

• b. foot        

• c. cubit      

• d. yard

8. Which of the analogies is not true?

• a. length : meter     

• b. volume: liter          

•    c. time: second

• d. capacity: gram

9. It is the basic unit of length in SI and defined as

one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole.

• a. kilometer             

• b. meter       

• c. mile

• d. yard

10. The statements below are some similarities of

the English and Metric System, except?

• a. They are both accurate and uniform.

• b. They have the same basic unit of time.

• c. They both use prefixes in every unit.

• d. They are both developed in Europe.