Prologue Test Bank Key
1. Captain James Cook (1728-79) is credited with which of the following?
X Use of John Harrison's chronometer to determine longitude.
X Controlling sailors' diet to prevent scurvy.
__ The first circumnavigation of the globe.
__ Discovery of Antarctica.
X The first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands.
__ Discovery of the Northwest Passage.
X Extensive mapping of the boundaries and islands of the Pacific Ocean.
X Scientific investigation of the oceans as well as exploration.
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Sketch the major seafaring routes of the great voyages of discovery in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, James Cook's voyages of
discovery, and the scientific voyages of Charles Darwin and the Challenger expedition.
Section: P.04 The Importance of Charts and Navigational Information
Topic: The Importance of Charts and Navigational Information
2. Oceanography may be described as a collection of basic sciences that are applied to the sea.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
,3. The first information about the oceans was gathered by sailors on extended sea voyages.
FALSE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
4. The Phoenicians engaged in extensive trading voyages in the Mediterranean Sea and even
circumnavigated Africa.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
5. The Polynesians used many navigational aids to accomplish long open ocean voyages.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
, Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
6. Eratosthenes' estimate of Earth's circumference wasn't even close to being correct.
FALSE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
7. Early Arab sailors understood the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean and used them in their
trading voyages.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
8. Viking voyages to North America are believed to predate Columbus' voyage to the new world.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
, Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.02 The Middle Ages
Topic: The Middle Ages
9. A portolano is a harbor finding chart.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.02 The Middle Ages
Topic: The Middle Ages
10. Compass bearings are indicated on portolano charts.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.02 The Middle Ages
Topic: The Middle Ages
11. The first person to circumnavigate Earth was Amerigo Vespucci.
1. Captain James Cook (1728-79) is credited with which of the following?
X Use of John Harrison's chronometer to determine longitude.
X Controlling sailors' diet to prevent scurvy.
__ The first circumnavigation of the globe.
__ Discovery of Antarctica.
X The first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands.
__ Discovery of the Northwest Passage.
X Extensive mapping of the boundaries and islands of the Pacific Ocean.
X Scientific investigation of the oceans as well as exploration.
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Sketch the major seafaring routes of the great voyages of discovery in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, James Cook's voyages of
discovery, and the scientific voyages of Charles Darwin and the Challenger expedition.
Section: P.04 The Importance of Charts and Navigational Information
Topic: The Importance of Charts and Navigational Information
2. Oceanography may be described as a collection of basic sciences that are applied to the sea.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
,3. The first information about the oceans was gathered by sailors on extended sea voyages.
FALSE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
4. The Phoenicians engaged in extensive trading voyages in the Mediterranean Sea and even
circumnavigated Africa.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
5. The Polynesians used many navigational aids to accomplish long open ocean voyages.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
, Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
6. Eratosthenes' estimate of Earth's circumference wasn't even close to being correct.
FALSE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
7. Early Arab sailors understood the monsoon winds of the Indian Ocean and used them in their
trading voyages.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.01 The Early Times
Topic: The Early Times
8. Viking voyages to North America are believed to predate Columbus' voyage to the new world.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
, Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.02 The Middle Ages
Topic: The Middle Ages
9. A portolano is a harbor finding chart.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.02 The Middle Ages
Topic: The Middle Ages
10. Compass bearings are indicated on portolano charts.
TRUE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: 1 Remember
Chapter: Prologue: The History of Oceanography
Gradable: automatic
Learning Outcome: Discuss the interaction of early civilizations with the oceans.
Section: P.02 The Middle Ages
Topic: The Middle Ages
11. The first person to circumnavigate Earth was Amerigo Vespucci.
