CKLA Chapter 1 Quick Quiz and Question Well

How did people living in Europe in the Middle Ages view earthquakes, landslides, and volcanos?

• They viewed them as the result of continents slowly moving.

• They viewed them as punishments from God.

• They viewed them as preventable through proper scientific planning.

• They viewed them as acts of war from neighboring countries.

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What did people in Europe during the Middle Ages believe about the earth's changes?

• The earth's surface changes due to human activities.
• The earth's surface has always remained the same.
• The earth's surface changes rapidly due to natural forces.
• The earth's surface changes slowly over time.

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What were mapmakers able to do after European explorers set sail during the 1400s, 1500s, and 1600s?

• prove that the Earth is flat

• create the first relatively accurate maps of the entire world

• prove that all land on Earth was once part of a huge supercontinent

• successfully document every freshwater lake on the planet

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What did people begin to realize about mountains during the 1700s and 1800s?

• that all mountains contained gold that could be easily mined

• that mountains are forever fixed in one place and never change

• that huge civilizations of people once lived deep inside of mountains

• that mountains change over thousands of years by wind, rain, and ice

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What problem did scientists have with Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift?

• The hypothesis was filled with spelling errors.

• The hypothesis didn’t explain exactly how drifting continents moved.

• The hypothesis wasn’t written in a language people could understand.

• The hypothesis didn’t give a name to the imagined supercontinent.

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Who was Shen Kua, and what did he realize?

• A famous explorer who discovered new continents

• A scientist who realized the Earth revolves around the Sun

• A philosopher who understood the concept of erosion

• A mapmaker who realized the magnetic compass could be used for navigation

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What did geologists discover about the continents during the 1800s and early 1900s?

• The continents were once joined together.
• The continents were created by human activities.
• The continents have always been separate.
• The continents were formed by volcanic eruptions.

What provided evidence during the 1800s and early 1900s that the continents were once joined together?

• volcanos across the world erupting at the same time

• similar writings made by people in caves throughout the world

• earthquakes across the world occurring at the same time

• similar deposits of coal and salt in North America and southern Europe

Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

• Alfred Wegener
• Shen Kua
• European explorers
• Geologists from the 1800s

What was Glossopteris?

• A type of ancient tree

• A large dinosaur

• A kind of ocean current

• A type of rock

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