Planet Earth
Which of the following is the longest river on planet Earth?
A) Amazon
B) Mississippi
C) Seine
D) Nile
D) Nile
Which ocean is the largest and deepest on planet Earth?
A) Pacific
B) Atlantic
C) Indian
D) Arctic
A) Pacific Ocean - contains the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point
Which ancient civilization had a myth involving a giant named Atlas who was forced to hold the sky up on his shoulder?
A) Sumerians
B) Egyptians
C) Greeks
D) Romans
C) Greeks
A book of maps is called ________.
A) an encyclopedia
B) an almanac
C) an atlas
D) a thesaurus
C) An atlas
What is a narrow section of water called that connects two larger bodies of water?
A) a peninsula
B) a strait
C) an estuary
D) an isthmus
B) Strait
What is the 0* line of longitude called?
A) prime meridian
B) Western Hemisphere
C) equator
D) International Date Line
C) Equator
Who first proposed the theory of Continental Drift, stating that the Earth's land masses were once a super continent that he named Pangaea?
A) Alfred Wegener
B) Amerigo Vespucci
C) Martin Waldseemuller
D) Christopher Columbus
A) Alfred Wegener
Approximately how many people live on planet Earth?
A) 7 million
B) 7 billion
C) 70 million
D) 70 billion
7 billion
The Continental Drift theory is based largely on _____.
A) the use of new instruments
B) photographs
C) plate tectonics
D) fossil records
D) fossil records
The following facts are true about the First New Map of the World.
1) first map published by itself and not in a book
2) first map to show the complete coastline of Africa
3) first map to use the name America
4) listed the location of what is now Japan
What could best be added to this list of facts about the First New Map of the World?
A) was made by Alfred Wegener
B) was made by Amerigo Vespucci
C) was made by Martin Waldseemuller
D) was made by Christopher Columbus
C) was made by Martin Waldseemuller
TRUE or FALSE? IN Greenwich, England, you can stand on two hemispheres at the same time.
TRUE! At the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, you can straddle the line and stand on both the Eastern and Western hemispheres at the same time.
What is the world's smallest country? BONUS: What is its area?
A) Rhode Island
B) Egypt
C) Vatican City
D) Colombia
Vatican City (0.2 square miles)
What does it mean to be "landlocked?"
It doesn't touch any bodies of water.
What is the difference between a globe and a map?
- round vs. flat
- globe more accurately depicts the size and shape of continents/countries
- map is better for navigation
Which other well-known figure in Greek mythology was mentioned in the story of Atlas?
A) Medusa
B) Hephaestus
C) Achilles
D) Hercules
D) Hercules
TRUE or FALSE? Pike's Peak is the highest mountain in the world, reaching 29,208 feet high.
FALSE! Mount Everest is the highest mountain, reaching 29,208 feet high. Pike's Peak reaches 14,111 feet high.