SPU Ptolemy Geography Paper
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Guided Reading & Discussion Questions
HIST 124
2/15/23
Reading: 4olemy Geography 2-15(available on Blackboard)
Nota bene: Homework 2 due 2/15
Instructions: Read the assigned text through carefully. The following questions are meant to
help focus your attention as you wade through this primary source. Use them to help you write
your response paper. (A response paper should consist of at least one double-spaced page, and
no more than about three.) Some questions may require, or suggest, that you do some
additional research. Feel free to do so, but not obligated to make a big deal out of it. We will be
discussing these questions together in class, so give them a bit of thought.
1) Summarize this text in your own words. What is Ptolemy writing about? (By the way,
who is Ptolemy?) What kind of book was this? Whom was it written for? What genre is it
in? How would you describe it?
2) How and why is world cartography athematical!ccording to Ptolemy? (See the last
paragraph on page 2.) And what does Ptolemy mean by athematical)n this context
anyway? (Hint: see the footnote!)
3) Reread section 22 (pages 11-12) on how to make a map of the known world on a globe.
Do you think a mapmaker could have done so using Ptolemyàinstructions alone? Why
or why not?
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HIST 124
2/15/23
Reading: 4olemy Geography 2-15(available on Blackboard)
Nota bene: Homework 2 due 2/15
Instructions: Read the assigned text through carefully. The following questions are meant to
help focus your attention as you wade through this primary source. Use them to help you write
your response paper. (A response paper should consist of at least one double-spaced page, and
no more than about three.) Some questions may require, or suggest, that you do some
additional research. Feel free to do so, but not obligated to make a big deal out of it. We will be
discussing these questions together in class, so give them a bit of thought.
1) Summarize this text in your own words. What is Ptolemy writing about? (By the way,
who is Ptolemy?) What kind of book was this? Whom was it written for? What genre is it
in? How would you describe it?
2) How and why is world cartography athematical!ccording to Ptolemy? (See the last
paragraph on page 2.) And what does Ptolemy mean by athematical)n this context
anyway? (Hint: see the footnote!)
3) Reread section 22 (pages 11-12) on how to make a map of the known world on a globe.
Do you think a mapmaker could have done so using Ptolemyàinstructions alone? Why
or why not?
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