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100
This group of explorers sailed early in history but did not leave any people behind or colonize the nations they visited
Who are the Chinese?
100
Charles Darwin is most famous for charting the coastline of this continent
What is South America?
100
This man is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
100
This founding father of America was the first to map the Gulf Stream
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100

This type of submersible was invented and refined by Jacque Piccard and Don Walsh

What is a bathyscaphe?

200
This group of explorers 'discovered' North America around 900-1000 CE
Who are the vikings?
200

This was the policy for all ships coming in to ancient Alexandria

What was 'all writings and scrolls were taken from ships and copied upon entry - this information was then stored in the library to help accumulate knowledge?' 

200
These people were referred to as the 'purple people'
Who are the Phoenicians?
200
This was the first satellite dedicated solely to oceanic research
What is SeaSat?
200
This group of peoples are credited with inventing the lateen sail
Who are Arab and Islamic merchants?
300

These two men were the first two humans to visit the bottom of the Marianas Trench

Who are Jacque Piccard and Don Walsh?

300

The creation of this structure helped to merge the history, culture, and religion of northern Africa and the middle east

What is the Suez Canal?

300
This scientist proposed the first scientific theory for the formation of coral reefs
Who is Charles Darwin?
300
These vessels are typically unmanned and can stay submerged longer than manned submersibles
What are ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles)?
300
This expedition discovered the Marianas Trench
What is the HMS Challenger?
400

This man coined the term 'the gift of the Nile'

Who is Herodotus?

400

Briefly describe how James Cook was somewhat different from most captains in the Royal Navy at the time

What is 'Cook was the son of a farmer from Yorkshire; he worked his way through the ranks in the Navy and served in almost every position from the bottom to the top of the naval hierarchy?' 

400
This woman was considered the first martyr for science
Who is Hypatia?
400
This man was killed by a group of indigenous Hawaiians on Valentine's Day, 1779
Who is James Cook?
400

This is the major reason why Viking establishments failed in North America

What is 'climate change; they were not prepared or equipped to survive in a cooling climate in present day Canada?' 

500

These people lived in modern day Lebanon and sailed around the continent of Africa circa 590 BCE

Who are the Phoenicians?

500
This is considered to be the first university in the world
What is the Library at Alexandria?
500

This explorer established trade routes from Portugal to India

Who is Vasco de Gama?

500

The Challenger expedition led to the discovery of more than _________ new species

What is 'more than 1500?' 

500

This was how Gagnan and Cousteau marketed the valve mechanism that would later be used in the AquaLung and SCUBA tanks

What is 'they marketed the regulator valve as important in the use of gas and diesel engines; this insured the device would sell and they would have the funds to then patent the underwater breathing devices?' 

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