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1

Fish nets were in use as early as the time of the:
A)Greeks.
B)Romans.
C)Egyptians.
D)Polynesians.
E)Vikings.
2

The first recorded voyage by sea occurred around:
A)3200 B.C.
B)2500 B.C.
C)1200 B.C.
D)640 B.C.
E)A.D. 80
3

The Phoenicians are known to have:
A)had a navy.
B)traveled to the British Isles.
C)circumnavigated Africa.
D)B and C above
E)all of the above
4

The Polynesians are thought to have navigated across the Pacific using:
A)a star compass.
B)changes in wave patterns.
C)observations of cloud formations.
D)their sense of smell.
E)all of the above
5

The circumference of the world was first accurately calculated by:
A)Aristotle.
B)Ptolemy.
C)Herodotus.
D)Eratosthenes.
E)Seneca.
6

The _______ were highly accomplished seamen who engaged in extensive exploration, trade, and colonization in the North Atlantic from about 793 to 1066.
A)Polynesians
B)Vikings
C)Europeans
D)Portuguese
E)Spanish
7

Chinese exploration of the Pacific and Indian Oceans ended in 1433, beginning a 400-year period of isolation, because:
A)land routes were more economical for trade.
B)a season of severe storms destroyed most of their fleet.
C)they believed that other societies had little to offer them.
D)the Polynesians blocked passage of their ships.
E)none of the above
8

The individual most responsible for the great age of European discovery beginning early in the 15th century was:
A)Christopher Columbus.
B)Ferdinand Magellan.
C)Sir Martin Frobisher.
D)Amerigo Vespucci.
E)Prince Henry the Navigator.
9

Christopher Columbus believed he had reached islands off the coast of Asia when he arrived in the New World because:
A)his estimate of the Earth's circumference was much too small.
B)the northeast trade winds were much stronger than he expected.
C)the north equatorial current was far slower than he expected.
D)his maps showed North America south of the equator.
E)none of the above
10

The explorer who tried to find a northwest passage across the Canadian Arctic was:
A)Sir Martin Frobisher.
B)Henry Hudson.
C)William Baffin.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
11

The first European to sight the Pacific Ocean was:
A)Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
B)Christopher Columbus.
C)Ferdinand Magellan.
D)Amerigo Vespucci.
E)Vasco da Gama.
12

The first European to discover Florida and the Florida Current was:
A)Christopher Columbus.
B)Vasco da Gama.
C)Juan Ponce de Leon.
D)Bartholomeu Dias.
E)Ferdinand Magellan.
13

The first world atlas was produced by:
A)Aristotle.
B)Ptolemy.
C)Pliny the Elder.
D)Eratosthenes.
E)Seneca.
14

The first chronometer accurate at sea was made by:
A)James Cook.
B)Edward Forbes.
C)John Harrison.
D)Benjamin Franklin.
E)Copernicus.
15

The individual credited with charting the Pacific Ocean is:
A)Charles Thompson.
B)James Cook.
C)Charles Darwin.
D)Edward Forbes.
E)none of the above
16

The easiest way to map the Gulf Stream is by:
A)water temperature.
B)water salinity.
C)water density.
D)turbidity.
E)vorticity.
17

We remember the work of Charles Darwin in oceanography primarily because of his study of:
A)marine reptiles.
B)evolution.
C)finches.
D)coral reefs.
E)surface currents.
18

The Challenger expedition was charged with investigating:
A)the chemistry of sea water.
B)marine biology.
C)water depths.
D)water currents.
E)all of the above
19

Satellites can be used to measure:
A)biological productivity.
B)sea surface temperature.
C)wave height.
D)sea surface elevation.
E)all of the above
20

The drilling ship of the Ocean Drilling Program is the:
A)Glomar Challenger.
B)JOIDES Resolution.
C)Beagle.
D)Resolution.
E)Melville.





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