Shipwreck Review

Where is the most hostile place on earth?

• the Arctic

• the Sahara Desert

• the Antarctic

• the North Pole

Shackleton is which of the following?

• A Polar Explorer

• A doctor

• A whaler

• A ship builder

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Before Endurance's expedition, Shackleton was already famous because:

• He was the first explorer to reach the North Pole

• He was the first explorer to reach the South Pole.

• He was the first explorer to reach the continent of Antarctica.

• He was the first explorer to come within 100 miles of the South Pole.

Antarctica can best be described as:

• a frozen desert

• a plain

• a steppe

• a valley

What makes the Antarctic so dangerous?

• floes

• icebergs

• sea creatures

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

What was the goal of Endurance's expedition?

• be the first to reach Antarctica
• be the first to reach the South Pole
• be the first to cross Antarctica from one side to the other
• be the first to live in Antarctica for a long time

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.7.2

What did Shackleton do to raise money for the trip?

• took donations from the public
• obtained the favor of wealthy patrons
• collected advances on the future sales of film, photo, and book rights
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

What was the name of the ship of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition?

• Shipwreck S.S.

• Endurance

• Amundsen

• Shackleton

Growlers referred to:

• hungry sled dogs

• unhappy crew members

• large ice chunks

• Norwegians

Percy Blackborrow secretly hid in a locker in order to be part of Shackleton's crew. Someone who sneaks aboard a ship is called a ____________________________.

• kidnapper

• growler

• stowaway

• skua