Oceanography Final Review

The largest of the ocean basins, which currently covers more than half of the ocean surface, is the ________.

• Arctic Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Southern Ocean

Which ocean is the smallest and shallowest?

• Atlantic

• Arctic

• Indian

• Pacific

• Southern

The first humans from Western Hemisphere known to have developed the art of navigation were the ________.

• Polynesians

• Greeks

• Vikings

• Phoenicians

• New Zealanders

The method of determining latitude in the Northern hemisphere by measuring the angle between an observer’s line of site to the North Star and line of site to the northern horizon was developed by ________.

• Pytheas

• Eratosthenes

• Herodotus

• Seneca

• Ptolemy

Most of the explorations by northern and western Europeans during the Middle (Dark) Ages were undertaken by _____________.

• Italy

• Portugal

• Vikings of Scandinavia

• France

• Spain

The European “Age of Discovery” began with ________.

Which of the explorers was not known in the Ages of the Discovery in Europe?

• John Cabot

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

• Leif Eriksson

• Ferdinand Magellan

The Library of Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great, where is it located?

• Egypt

• Turkey

• Syria

• Libya

• Greece

The first recorded circumnavigation of Africa was made by the ____________.

Which of the following Vikings is credited with discovering Greenland?

• Erik Thorvaldson

• Bjarni Herjolfsson

• Leif Eriksson

• Thor Heyerdahl