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17 Cards in this Set
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Recite the 8 Greek Astronomers |
Thales, Pythagoras, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, and Ptolemy |
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What are the three laws of Johannes Kepler? |
Law of eclipses, law of equal areas, law of harmonies |
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Tycho brahe made his own observatory named? |
Uraniborg |
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What are the three laws of motion? |
Inertia, acceleration, interaction |
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It is a term to tell the time using the circle stone. |
Nabta playa |
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Counting in the units 60 |
Sexagesimal system |
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Earliest form of writing |
Cuneiform |
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Proposed that the sun is located at the center of the universe. |
Selucius of selucia |
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Foundation of the Egyptian civilization and agriculture |
Nile river flooding |
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Which astronomy era created the calendar? |
Egyptian astronomy |
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What are the two architectures in Egyptian astronomy? Give a brief description of it. |
The great pyramid of Giza(440 cubits, aligned within the cardinal points) Alexandria city (the largest library and scholars) |
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Which term is to link the death and rebirth? |
Orion Constellation |
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What is the five extra inserted days in a calendar that is called? |
Epagomenal days |
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Compilation of recorded activities by Chaldeans |
Enuma Anu Enlil |
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This term is to tell the time at night |
Decans |
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Cite the two categories of force |
Contact force, non-contact force |
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Recite the Renaissance astronomy |
Mentioned the following: Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Hans Lippershey |
