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?