China
A new, very bright star. They have been recorded 5 times in history. In 185 CE, the Chinese were the first to record one of these.
What is a guest star?
These were invented in Babylon and are still used today. They were originally used to gauge seasons for planting and harvesting, and they are associated with horoscopes in the present day.
What are constellations?
Which philosopher explained planetary motion through a mathematical system?
Who was Pythagoras?
Muslims used astronomy to mark times of this daily activity.
What is prayer?
This astronomer proposed that the Sun was at the center of the Universe.
Who was Copernicus?
Under this emperor, a solar and lunar calendar with 366-day years.
Who was Emperor Yao?
This writing was a way of record-keeping, and it was found on tablets.
What was cuneiform?
Which philosopher believed that planets moved in circular orbits around Earth at a constant speed?
Who was Aristotle?
What is astrology?
This astronomer believed that the moon and Sun revolved around the Earth but that the other planets rotated around the Sun. He also believed that Earth was not moving.
Who was Tycho Brahe?
Stars were named and organized into 28 of these during the Shang dynasty.
What are mansions?
This was a base 60 system that tracked the motion of stars and planets.
What was the sexagesimal system?
Which philosopher believed in a spherical Earth at the center of a spherical universe?
Who was Plato?
An Egyptian astronomer that lived between 100-170 CE.
Who was Ptolemy?
This astronomer was tried for heresy by the Catholic Church.
Who was Galileo?
Chinese astronomers did NOT communicate with this area until the 1300s.
What is Europe?
Anaximander and Anaximenes believed that this eternal creative force was the reason for the laws of the universe.
What was apeiron?
Also known as a planetary table, this object was commonly used in Islamic astronomy.
What is a zij?
When observing Jupiter, Galileo noticed "stars," which turned out to be ___.
What are moons?
This object helps to track celestial bodies. The oldest one of this object was from China around 700 CE.
What is a star chart?
The Babylonians predicted this type of event, which involves an alignment of the sun and the moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
Which philosopher predicted a solar eclipse in 585 BCE?
Who is Thales of Miletus?
A spherical model of objects in the sky.
What is an armillary sphere?
This scientist independently created the same model as Copernicus - 1800 years earlier.
Who was Aristarchus of Samos?