History of Oceanography

1. The Vikings discovered ____________ and Greenland.

• Europe

• The Atlantic Ocean

• Iceland

• gold

1. During the Middle Ages there was not much exploring taking place because most Europeans thought the Earth was __________.

• flat

• too rough

• full of monsters

• none of the above

In 1970 the _____________ was founded within the Department of Commerce

• FEMA

• NOAA

• Red Cross

• All the above

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1. In 1943 Jacques Cousteau invented the ___________ which was the 1^st generation of SCUBA.

• Iron Lung

• Snorkel

• Aqualung

• Aquafins

1. _____________ is the Father of Physical Oceanography.

• Matther Maury

• Christopher Columbus

• Jacques Cousteau

• James Cook

By the year 1125, the Chinese had invented the :

• Astrolab
• Compass
• Sextant

Polynesians:

• sailed in the Mediterranean
• sailed in the North Atlantic
• Were the earliest known open ocean seafarers
• were the first to circumnavigate the world

American who created the first chart of the Gulf Stream to speed up mail delivery to and from England

• Matthew Maury
• Captain James Cook
• Ben Franklin

What important contributions did the Challenger expedition NOT make to oceanography?

• discovered deep-water organisms
• discovered 5,000 new species
• took the first soundings below 4,000 m
• discovered Greenland

Who invented the first magnetic compass?

• Greeks
• Polynesians
• Chinese
• Egyptians