Polynesians - CORRECT ANSWER-Who were probably the first to navigate and
colonize the islands of the south and west Pacific Ocean?
The Vikings -
... [Show More] CORRECT ANSWER-During their time, these people founded many
settlements along the coasts of places like Ireland, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland,
etc, and they were early explores of North America. But, they were also great worriors.
They rampaged many colonies along their voyages.
Christopher Columbus - CORRECT ANSWER-This man sets sail from Spain in 1492.
He hopes to reach India, but in the end, he reaches the West Indies and South America.
Ferdinand Magellan - CORRECT ANSWER-Starting in 1522, this man's crew
circumnavigates the world. He was killed in the Philippines.
Sir Francis Drake - CORRECT ANSWER-This man carried out the second
circumnavigation of the world, from 1577 to 1580. He died of dysentery in January 1596
after unsuccessfully attacking San Juan, Puerto Rico.
His exploits were legendary, making him a hero to the English but a pirate to the
Spaniards. A Passage that connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean (Scotia
Sea) with the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean is named after him.
James Cook - CORRECT ANSWER-This man led expeditions to Antarctica, mapped
many unknown islands in the Pacific Ocean and determined the ocean's outline, took
many samples and measurements, and made the first accurate maps of the earth's
surface.
Benjamin Franklin - CORRECT ANSWER-This man was the first to contribute to the
understanding of the Gulf Stream and made a map of the current.
Charles Darwin - CORRECT ANSWER-This man explores marine organisms, coral
reefs, atolls, and is famous for his stay on the Galapagos islands.
HMS Challenger - CORRECT ANSWER-In 1872 this famous ship set sail from England
for three and a half years around the world. It was the first major oceanographic
expedition from 1872-1876 to systematically collect data (measurements and
live/sediment samples) from a large part of the worlds oceans under the direction of the
chief scientist Sir Charles Wyville Thomson.
Victor Hensen - CORRECT ANSWER-This individual studied ocean habitats and the
distribution of food supplies to organisms. He was the person to coin the term
"plankton".
The Fram - CORRECT ANSWER-In 1893, Nansen sets adrift in this vessel to prove that
the Arctic Ocean is entirely ice covered with no continent under the ice.
WW II - CORRECT ANSWER-During what war was sonar technology created?
Alvin - CORRECT ANSWER-This submersible was launched in 1964 by Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution to explore the deep ocean floor and retrieve samples.
Sealab - CORRECT ANSWER-Name the project that's aim was to study the feasibility
of living underwater.
Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) - CORRECT ANSWER-Name the 1st large-scale,
cooperative research project between both academic, governmental, and international
institutions to look at plate tectonics and take core samples.
1970s - CORRECT ANSWER-In what decade was GPS technology developed?
Seasat A - CORRECT ANSWER-What was the first dedicated oceanographic satellite
launched?
Alvin - CORRECT ANSWER-What is the name of the submersible that found life along
hot water springs at the mid-ocean ridge and also located the sunken Titanic?
Greenland - CORRECT ANSWER-Erik "the Red" Thorvaldson, a viking, discovered
what landmass?
Newfoundland - CORRECT ANSWER-Bjarni Herjolfsson and Leif Erikson sailed to what [Show Less]