Exam 1 (History)

Question 0

What is special about the Black Sea?

Answer 0

It has little oxygen, preventing sunken ships from decaying.

Question 1

What is Greece credited for?

Answer 1

The earliest recorded exploration

Question 2

What is special about the Red Sea?

Answer 2

High amounts of Red Bloom/Red Tide

Question 3

What did Pytheas discover after leaving Greece

Answer 3

Iceland

Question 4

What did Pytheas use for Navigation?

Answer 4

The North Star (Polaris)

Question 5

What was Pytheas’s legacy in terms of navigation

Answer 5

First to suggest that Celestial Object could be used for Navigation.

Question 6

What did the greek philosopher Strabo discover?

Answer 6

He discovered that “The Earth was changing”

Question 7

What was Seneca famous for?

Answer 7

Discovering the Water Cycle

Question 8

Explain the Water Cycle

Answer 8

Evaporation -> Condensation -> Precipitation

Question 9

What lands did Norse explorers discover?

Answer 9

Iceland and Greenland

Question 10

Where did Erik the Red sail from and what did he discover?

Answer 10

Greenland to Modern Day British Virgin Isles

Question 11

Where did Erikson leave from and Discover?

Answer 11

Vineland to Newfoundland

Question 12

What event prompted the “Age of Discovery?”

Answer 12

Mohammed II captured Constantinople (Istanbul) from the Romans and blocked trade caravans through Turkey.

Question 13

In 1486 what did the Explorer Diaz set out to discover.

Answer 13

Left Portugal for The cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

Question 14

In 1498 Where did Vasco DaGama set out to discover and establish?

Answer 14

A route from Portugal to India. Established the Trade Outpost of Goa

Question 15

What did Columbus seek to discover?

Answer 15

An alternate quicker route to India, sailed directly west and landed likely in the Carribean

Question 16

What civilization did Hernan Cortès discover?

Answer 16

Aztec Empire

Question 17

What did Magellan set out to do?

Answer 17

Circumnavigate the World

Question 18

What is the “Strait of Magellan?”

Answer 18

Canal in South America, between the Big Horn and Mainland

Question 19

How did Magellan die?

Answer 19

Aiding a tribe of natives in the Philippines combating another tribe in exchange for converting to catholicism. Was killed in action, along with most of his crew.

Question 20

Who was DelCano? And what was he famous for?

Answer 20

Magellan’s 3rd mate promoted to captain. Successfully returned to Spain with aid of the Philippine natives. Finished Magellan’s journey.

Question 21

Who was Sir Francis Drake?

Answer 21

A captain of the British Royal Navy hired by Queen Elizabeth I to pirate Spanish ships.

Question 22

What was Halley famous for? (other then the comet)

Answer 22

Created Isogenes, lines affecting equal points of magnetism.

Question 23

What land did Captain Cook discover on his first expedition? (3 parts)

Answer 23

New Zealand
Australia
Great Barrier Reef

Question 24

What did Captain Cook discover on his 2nd Expedition? (3 parts)

Answer 24

Antarctica
New Georgia Isles
Sandwich Islands

Question 25

What disease did Capt. Cook and what was the cure?

Answer 25

Scurvy

Limes (Vitamin C)

Question 26

What was the purpose of Capt. Cook’s 3rd Voyage?

Answer 26

To find a Northwest Passage around Canada through the Arctic Ocean.

Question 27

Who tried attempted to go across the Arctic Ocean previously?

Answer 27

Hudson

Question 28

What did Cook discover on his 3rd expedition?

Answer 28

Hawaii

Question 29

What is Maury credited with? (4 Parts)

Answer 29

Establishing the Naval Academy
Establishing a Trade Route with China
Recording of Meteorology
And the first modern Oceanographer

Question 30

What was C. Wyville Thompson credited for?

Answer 30

Traveling across the world cataloguing many new species and publishing his work (The Challenger Report) became the first modern Marine Biologist.

Question 31

What was important about the Voyage of The Meteor?

Answer 31

First ship to employ the use of SONAR to explore the bottom of the sea.