Week 1 Planet Earth

Which of the following is the longest river on planet Earth?

• Amazon

• Mississippi

• Seine

• Nile

Using your handout, find the web for The First New Map of the World. Which of the answers below would fit best into this web?

• was made by Alfred Wegener

• was made by Amerigo Vespucci

• Was made by Martin Waldseemuller

• was made by Christopher Columbus

Using the map on the handout, which ocean is the largest and deepest on Earth?

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Arctic

What is the 0 line of longitude called?

• Prime Meridian

• Western Hemisphere

• Equator

• International Date Line

A book of maps is called ______________.

• an encyclopedia

• an almanac

• an atlas

• a thesaurus

Which ancient civilization had a myth involving a giant named Atlas who was forced to hold the sky up on his shoulder?

• Sumerians

• Egyptians

• Greeks

• Romans

What is a narrow section of water called that connects two larger bodies of water?

• a peninsula

• a strait

• an estuary

• an isthmus

Who first proposed the theory of Continental Drift, stating that the Earth's land masses were once a super continent that he named Pangaea?

• Alfred Wegener

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Martin Waldseemuller

• Christopher Columbus

The Continental Drift theory is based largely on __________ .

• the use of new instruments

• photographs

• plate tectonics

• fossil records

Approximately how many people live on planet Earth?

• 7 million

• 7 billion

• 70 million

• 70 billion