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WorksheetsWeek 1: Planet Earth: World History Studies Weekly
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
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
