Geographical Thought-Ancient and Medieval period

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Geography
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University
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Tejaswita Duarah
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Who is known as the father of Geography?
Eratosthenes
Anaximander
Ptolomy
Herodotus
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Who introduced the astronomical instrument "Gnomon" which is a perpendicular sundial?
Eratosthenes
Thales
Anaximander
Pytheas
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Who wrote the ancient Indian text "Brahit Samhita" or the encyclopedia of astronomy?
Aryabhatta
Brahmagupta
Bhaskaracharya
Varahamihira
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
The "Baitul-Hikma" library or academy was established under the patronage of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid in which medieval Arab city?
Al-Basra
Damascus
Baghdad
Madina
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following books was not written by Al-Biruni?
Kitab-Al-Hind
Tarikh-Al-Hind
Al-Qanaum-Al-Masaudi
Kitab-Al-Ashkal
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first explorer to have set foot in Florida?
Amerigo Vespucci
Juan Ponce de Leon
Christopher Colombus
Ferdinand Megellan
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Who is known for the heliocentric model of the solar system?
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
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