History of Oceanography Test

The first large civilization to travel the waterways were who?

• Phoneceans

• Polynesians

• Greeks

• Europenas

The Polynesians were known for traveling across open oceans in what type of boats?

• Long oar ships

• Large Trifold sailing ships

• Dug out canoe ships

• Catamarans

First culture to use mathematical equations when determining distances and relational travelling

• Polynesians

• Europeans

• Phoneceans

• Greeks

Greek inventor of the Lattitude/Longitude system we still use today

• Ptomley

• Pytheas

• Eratosthenes

True of False: The Phoenicians tried to always travel within eyesight of land

• False

• True

All of the following were considered explorers of the Middle Ages EXCEPT (800 A.D. - 1400)

• Ming Dynasty China

• Vikings

• Greeks

• Europeans

True or False: Columbus touched mainland USA

• True

• False

True of False: Magellan was the first man to fully circumnavigate the globe

• True

• False

Who founded the first school of navigation in 1420?

• Prince Henry

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Charles Darwin

Benjamin franklin famously theorized about what part of the ocean?

• The islands

• The waves

• The reefs

• The currents