Quiz Ch. 19

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Out of 11 questions, you answered 11 correctly, for a final grade of 100%.
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1
CORRECT

Maps of the world produced before 1480 show one of these areas more or less accurately. Which is it?



A)
Indian Ocean



B)
eastern coast of Asia



C)
Mediterranean Sea



D)
Arctic Ocean






2
CORRECT

The first Europeans to explore southern Africa and pioneer sea routes to India were the



A)
Romans.



B)
Greeks.



C)
Portuguese.



D)
Spanish.






3
CORRECT

All of the following areas are isolated by water barriers. Where do you think that the people had the least contact with other cultures prior to the 1700s?



A)
Japan



B)
Ireland



C)
Australia



D)
the Mediterranean islands






4
CORRECT

A container ship might carry which of these?



A)
heavy equipment



B)
oil



C)
passengers



D)
freshly cut flowers






5
CORRECT

The coastal peoples of the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada fished for which of these?



A)
pearls



B)
herring



C)
cod



D)
salmon






6
CORRECT

One of the greatest Mediterranean seaports of the late Middle Ages was



A)
London.



B)
Venice.



C)
Amsterdam.



D)
Cairo.






7
CORRECT

Which of the following features is considered to be most important in defining a group of people as a maritime culture?



A)
They live along the ocean.



B)
The go fishing.



C)
They depend on the ocean for their survival.



D)
They eat seafood.






8
CORRECT

A news article states that a Japanese submarine from World War II has been found at a depth of over 3,000 m. The article is accompanied by a false color relief profile showing the outline of the submarine above the flat sea floor. How was the submarine likely to have been found?



A)
side-scan sonar



B)
remotely controlled vehicle



C)
manned submarine



D)
photography






9
CORRECT

One of countries on the Persian Gulf proposes to build a huge, artificial island by dredging up sand from the sea floor, then building expensive homes on the island. Which of these effects of such activities is NOT likely to occur?



A)
increased siltation in the water



B)
destruction of shallow-water invertebrate communities



C)
disturbance of habitat for fishes



D)
enhancement of habitat for reef corals






10
CORRECT

Winslow Homer is famous as



A)
the composer who wrote "La Mer".



B)
the author who wrote "The Old Man and the Sea".



C)
the poet who wrote "Song of the Sea".



D)
the artist who painted many marine scenes.






11
CORRECT

According to international law, if a strait falls within 12 nautical miles of one or more nations,



A)
they must negotiate to decide who controls the strait.



B)
unimpeded surface transit is guaranteed for everyone.



C)
the larger nation can declare that the strait is part of its exclusive economic zone.



D)
the resources in that strait belong to the United Nations.