Assignment 5

The migration and travelling of which group of people inhibited the spread of heliocentric ideas to China in the late second millennium

a. Mongolian Buddhist missionaries
b. Indian Hindu missionaries
c. Arabic Islamic missionaries
d. European Catholic missionaries
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The migration and travelling of which group of people inhibited the spread of heliocentric ideas to China in the late second millennium

a. Mongolian Buddhist missionaries
b. Indian Hindu missionaries
c. Arabic Islamic missionaries
d. European Catholic missionaries
d. European Catholic missionaries
The tetrabiblios was an influential textbook that focused on the subject of

a. Planetary astronomy
b. Zodiacal based astrology
c. Calendar making
d. Omen based astrology
b. Zodiacal based astrology
The twelve instruments of Lalla were designed with the underlying purpose of

a. Improving the measurements made by Aryabhata
b. Designing tools for common practice or everyday astronomy
c. Tracking the motion of the stars across the zodiac
d. Creating more sophisticated tools to perform complicated observations
b. Designing tools for common practice or everyday astronomy
The author of the Ayrabhatiya that setup the framework for modern mathematical astronomy in India was

a. Aryabhatiya
b. Bhaskara I
c. Lalla
d. Aryabhata
d. Aryabhata
Yi Xing is responsible for the creation of the following calendar

a. Zheng Han calendar
b. Navagraha calendar
c. Rikkokushi calendar
d. Dayan calendar
d. Dayan calendar
In the Graeco-Indian world, Greeks who casted astrologically based horoscopes were known as

a. Siddhantic scholars
b. Jataka yavanaas
c. Yavanaa-jaatakaas
d. Tetrabiblios yavanaas
c. Yavanaa-jaatakaas
There are a total of ______ works that make up the Siddhantas

a. 4
b. 8
c. 27
d. 18
d. 18
Zhang Heng of the Han dynasty is credited with many great inventions, and improvements to existing technologies including his theory about the Sun and Moon that said (select all that apply):

a. The universe is like an egg, where the Sun and stars represent the yolk and the Earth the outer white shell
b. The moon is a sphere and is illuminated by sunlight
c. The sun is like water and the moon is like fire
d. The moon can block the light arriving at Earth resulting in a solar eclipse
b. The moon is a sphere and is illuminated by sunlight
d. The moon can block the light arriving at Earth resulting in a solar eclipse
The Silk Atlas of Comets recorded detailed observations of comet formations including astronomical phenomena associated to them such as

a. Cloud vapour divinations
b. Horoscope casting
c. Celestial omens
d. Divinations regarding fire rituals practices
a. Cloud vapour divinations
The scholar credited with introducing the Indian concept of the zero numeral to China was

a. Gautama Siddha
b. Shen Kuo
c. Bhaskara I
d. Zhang Hend
a. Gautama Siddha
The four smaller yoga's that make up the Mahaayuga include (select all that apply): a. Kali yuga b. Gitikapa yuga c. Treta yuga d. Krita yuga e. Vedic yuga f. Siddhanta yuga g. Dvapara yugaa. Kali yuga c. Treta yuga d. Krita yuga g. Dvapara yugaThree instruments introduced to India from Islamic world include (select all that apply): a. Celestial globe b. Gnomon c. Sine quadrant d. Water clocks e. Astrolabea. Celestial globe c. Sine quadrant e. AstrolabeThe four books that form the Aryabhatiya are (select all that apply): a. Kali yuga b. Gitikapada c. Rig veda d. Ganitapada e. Siddhantas f. Kalikriyapada g. Golapadab. Gitikapada d. Ganitapada f. Kalikriyapada g. GolapadaThe Tatrasangraha Somayaji proposed a revised planetary model that can be best described as: a. The Sun at the centre of the solar system, with the Earth and planets orbiting around it b. The Sun at the centre of the solar system, with the planets orbiting around the Earth in their respective epicycle c. The Earth at the centre of the solar system, with the planets, Sun and Moon orbiting around in epicycles d. The Earth at the centre of the solars system, with the planets orbiting around the Sun, and the Sun orbiting around the Earthd. The Earth at the centre of the solar system, with the planets orbiting around the Sun, and the Sun orbiting around the EarthThe astronomer tasked by Kublai Khan to create a new modified calendar was ______. He subsequently built ________ observatories to get the job done a. Jamal ad-Din Bukhair, 17 b. Guo Shoujing, 27 c. Jamal ad-Din Bukhair, 27 d. Guo Shoujing, 17b. Guo Shoujing, 27The Crab Nebula is estimated to have exploded in 1054 CE. This explosion was recorded by Chinese astronomers of the time and was ed to as a. Supernova b. Asterism c. Guest star d. North starc. Guest starThe Dunhuang star atlas is one of the oldest graphical star charts from Chinese astronomy and organized the stars into groups based on a. Stars angular distance from the pole star b. Star size c. Colour-coding d. Star brightnessc. Colour-codingShi Shen and Gan De are credited for their creation of comprehensive star catalogs in the 4th century BCE, that were used all the way up until a. 5th century CE b. 3rd century CE c. 6th century BCE d. 6th century CEd. 6th century CEA mahaayuga is a time equal to _______ years, and is split into four yugas with a length ratio of ______. a. 4.32 million, 4:3:2:1 b. 4.32 million, 1:2:3:4 c. 432,000, 1:2:3:4 d. 432,000, 4:3:2:1a. 4.32 million, 4:3:2:1The concept for the symbol for zero comes from the scholar _______ and was initially called ______ the Hindi word meaning the void. a. Bhaskara I, zefiro b. Bhaskara I, sunya c. Aryabhata, sunya d. Lalla, zefirumb. Bhaskara I, sunya