chap. 1

Question 1

Ancestors of the Polynesians spread from southeast Asia to….

Answer 1

Indonesia, New Guinea and Philippines 20,000 years ago

Question 2

mid pacific started populating

Answer 2

2,500 years

Question 3

Hawaii started populating about

Answer 3

450-600 A.D.

Question 4

Polynesian colonization is an example of

Answer 4

Marine Science used to colonize a vast number of islands

Question 5

In 1400s Chines navigators set out

Answer 5

Explored Indian ocean, Indonesia, Africa and Atlantic

Question 6

In the 1400s Chines navigators created

Answer 6

Center Rudder, Water tight compartments, More than one sail per mast

Question 7

Euro explored the world by sea during the

Answer 7

Renaissance

Question 8

Henry the Navigator

Answer 8

Compiled detailed charts & explored west Africa

Question 9

Christopher Columbus

Answer 9

Never saw mainland of US. but inspired others

Question 10

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer 10

died in root, surviving crew circumnavigated, on 13 out of 260 survived after 3 years

Question 11

James Cook

Answer 11

Commander in BR Navy, leader of the first voyage that combined science oceanography

Question 12

James Cook accomplished

Answer 12

• Verification of calculations of planetary orbit
• Charting of New Zealand & Great Barrier reef
• Friendly with natives
• Sample of marine life
• Recording data ocean floor & geological formation

Question 13

James Cook was killed in…

Answer 13

Hawaii

Question 14

U.S. started expeditions in

Answer 14

1838

Question 15

HMS Beagle

Answer 15

Charles Darwins voyage to south America and some pacific island

Question 16

Challenger expedition

Answer 16

1872-1876 First ocean exploration for just science

Question 17

Ben Franklin published

Answer 17

Chart of gulf Stream in 1779

Question 18

Charles Darwin contribution

Answer 18

Coral reef studies 1809- 1882

Question 19

Fridtjot Nanson

Answer 19

• Advances in tech
• first polar exploration
• crossed Greenland in 1888
• deep arctic ocean, trans-polar current
• no land just ice
• ice flows from 20-40 degrees right of the wind direction
• invented the reversing thermometer

Question 20

Echo Sounder

Answer 20

Sends pulse to seafloor, measures depth

Question 21

Chronometer

Answer 21

a mechanical device for keeping time dependent of ships motion. first made by john Arnold 1778 (tells longitude and latitudes)