Week 1: Planet Earth: World History Studies Weekly

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

• Amazon

• Mississippi

• Seine

• Nile

Use the diagram to answer this question:

What could best be added to the web above of facts about the First New Map of the World?

• Alfred Wegener

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Martin Waldseemuller

• Christopher Columbus

Use the map to answer this question. Which ocean is the largest and deepest on planet Earth?

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Arctic

Use the map to answer this question. What is the 0-degree line of longitude called?

• Prime Meridian

• Western Hemisphere

• Equator

• International Date Line

What is a book of maps called?

• An encyclopedia

• An almanac

• An atlas

• A thesaurus

Which ancient civilization has a myth involving a giant named Atlas who was forced to hold the sky on his shoulders?

• 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 supercontinent, which he named Pangaea?

• Alfred Wegener

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Martin Waldseemuller

• Christopher Columbus

The Continental Drift theory is largely based 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