Emma's History Quiz 3: THE ANTARCTIC POLAR REGION

Antarctica was not fully explored until airplanes made it easier to travel and map the continent.

• True

• False

The North Pole is on land.

• True

• False

The coldest temperature ever recorded was in Antarctica.

• True

• False

A crevasse is a space of open water in the sea ice around the poles.

• True

• False

Glaciers move slowly downhill.

• True

• False

The countries that work in Antarctica have agreed to only use it for peaceful research.

• True

• False

Terra Australis Incognita is Latin for:

• land of Australia

• land of the unknown

• unknown southern land

• unknown Earth

If you stood at the South Pole and took a step in any direction, which way would you be going?:

• west

• north

• south

• east

_______  are birds that swim but cannot fly and are found only south of the equator.

• Lemmings

•  Penguins

•  Ostriches 

• Herrings

The nomads of northern Europe who domesticated reindeer are called:

• Inuit

• Bantu

• Sami