Geology 330 - Television Course

Review Questions for Program #2: First Steps

Please fill out and return this sheet after viewing Program #2. If you are unsure of an answer, give your best intelligent guess.

1.  What motivated early marine exploration among ancient civilizations?


2.  Who were first known to have ventured beyond sight of land on the seas?

 

3.  What did James Cook find on  his three voyages?

 

4.  What were the initial objectives of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)?  What else did they discover?

 

5.  What did Charles Darwin discover in his voyage on the Beagle that began in 1831?

 


6.  What hypothesis, put forth by Edward Forbes, did the Challenger Expedition initially want to test in 1872?

 


7.  Where was the first oceanographic lab established in  1872?

 

 

8.  Which oceanographic institute in San Diego allied itself with the University of California in 1912?

 

 

9.  Which oceanographic institute formed in the northeast part of the U.S. shortly after the First World War?

 

 

10.  What is an example of why the Navy and military would want to know about oceans?

 

 

11.  What are some examples of science disciplines that collaborate in oceanography?

 

 

12.  What U.S. government entities have an interest in studying the ocean?