Practice Exam Unit 2 Explorers and Exploration

1 Practice Exam unit 2 Explorers and Exploration Complete the following test to the best of your ability without looking in your text books. Afterwards, check your answers. Which parts did you find hard? Focus carefully on those parts when you are studying. *The instructions for each section appear the same as they will on the exam. Multiple Choice Read the following questions. Clearly circle or highlight the correct answer. 1. What is the verb tense of the following sentence? 1963: The first woman in space is Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. a. present tense b. past tense c. historical present tense d. historical past tense 2. Which explorer was the first person to look for the Northwest Passage? a. Christopher Columbus b. Jacques Cartier c. Vasco da Gama d. Ferdinand Magellan 3. Which of the following is made from a natural resource?

2 A. a clay coffee mug b. a plastic bowl c. a steel tube d. a vinyl raincoat 4. Which type of sentence is this? a. a declarative sentence b. an interrogative sentence c. an exclamatory sentence d. an imperative sentence Practice Exam unit 2 Explorers and Exploration 5. Why did the first Explorers set out to find new lands? a. Their countries were over populated. b. They were trying to escape religious persecution. c. They wanted to learn about new cultures around the world. d. There were rumors about gold and eternal life across the ocean. 6. Which fact about the Marianas Trench is true? a. The Marianas Trench can be found beneath Africa. b. Mount Everest could fit inside the Marianas Trench. c. No one has ever explored the Marianas Trench. d. The world s largest waterfall is found in the Marianas Trench.

3 7. Many scientists thought that the Continental Drift Theory could not be real. Which theory did they believe in? a. The Land Bridge Theory b. The Mid-Ocean Ridge Theory c. The New Frontier Theory d. The Challenger Theory 8. Where are Korea and Canada located? a. the Eastern Hemisphere b. the Western Hemisphere c. the Northern Hemisphere d. the Southern Hemisphere 9. When studying space, scientists might replace kilometers with: a. scientific notation b. light-years c. megameters d. scales 10. Which do not orbit our sun? a. asteroids b. comets c. galaxies d. planets 11. What could happen in the Arctic by the end of the century? a. The land bridge could reappear. b. The next ice age could begin. c. The Arctic could become ice-free. d. The coastline could expand. Practice Exam unit 2 Explorers and Exploration 12.

4 Why did the Vikings travel to North America? a. They wanted to make a map of the globe. b. They wanted to spread their culture and religion to the natives. c. They wanted to hunt the animals there. d. They wanted to find land for farming. 13. What was first recorded by the Greek explorer Pytheas? a. the aurora b. polar bears c. North America d. underwater volcanoes 14. Jacques Cousteau and his crew find a shelf (ledge) in the Deep Blue Hole. What does it show? a. It shows where an underwater mountain range was. b. It shows where the sea level used to be. c. It shows where the tectonic plates met. d. It shows where stalactites had formed. 15. What information would you expect to find on the legend of a world map? a. I would expect to find bathrooms, museum, and hospitals. b. I would expect to find subway stops, bathrooms, and transfer stations.

5 C. I would expect to find streets, railway stations, and parks. d. I would expect to find mountains, cities, and rivers. 16. How much of the world s oceans have been explored? a. 10% b. 25% c. 70% d. 100% 17. Why was it so difficult to navigate the Northwest Passage? a. Native people living there would attack the Explorers . b. Ships would get stuck in the ice in the winter. c. Ocean currents would pull ships towards rocks. d. Passageways would become blocked with migrating animals. 18. Why were sled-dogs used in the Arctic? a. They were used to work machines in the factories. b. They were used as food during the winter. c. They were used to deliver mail and supplies. d. They were used to find people lose in blizzards. Practice Exam unit 2 Explorers and Exploration 19. What happens when we burn fossil fuels?

6 A. Large amounts of oxygen are released into the atmosphere. b. Underwater lakes are polluted. c. Heat-trapping gases are produced. d. Lots of humidity is released in the local area. 20. What is one reason that McClure s expedition was successful when Franklin s expedition failed? a. McClure had more food than Franklin. b. McClure s ship had better technology than Franklin s. c. McClure had been to the Arctic more times than Franklin. d. McClure had help from the Inuit, but Franklin did not. Short Answer Read the following questions. Answer all parts of the questions in full sentences. You will be marked for your ideas, not for your spelling and grammar. 1. What two observations led Wegener to create the Continental Drift Theory? _____ _____ _____ _____ 2. Why is melting Arctic and Antarctic ice so dangerous?

7 Give two reasons. _____ _____ _____ _____ Practice Exam unit 2 Explorers and Exploration 3. What is colonization? Why did people want to colonize other countries? _____ _____ _____ _____ 4. Who was the most interesting explorer that we learned about in unit 2? Why do you think this person was most interesting? _____ _____ _____ 5. What is the difference between the solar system and the universe? _____ _____ _____ _____ Practice Exam unit 2 Explorers and Exploration Matching Look at the following vocabulary. Find the sentence or picture that matches each vocabulary word. Write the number beside the vocabulary word in the box next to the definition or picture. Example: If I had been Neil Armstrong, I would have danced on the moon. Example: If I go to Italy, I will eat lots of pizza and pasta.

8 Example: If I became a pro-gamer, I would earn lots of prize money. An imaginary line that divides Earth from left to right. An imaginary line that divides Earth from top to bottom. 1 coordinates 2 Eastern Hemisphere 3 equator 4 extraterrestrial 5 first conditional 11 Prime Meridian 12 scientific notation 13 second conditional 14 star 15 third conditional 6 Inuit 7 natural resources 8 Northern Hemisphere 9 orbit 10 planet 0 , 0 Practice Exam unit 2 Explorers and Exploration Fill-in-the-blank Read the following sentences. Choose the correct vocabulary words from the word-bank to complete the sentences and write them down. There are 15 vocabulary words. You must use 10 of them. 1. Many Explorers in North America learned from _____ living there. 2. Antarctica can be found in the _____.

9 3. With airplanes and ships, it is easy to _____ the globe these days. 4. Da Gama and Cartier explored during the _____. 5. Mars and Jupiter are separated by _____. 6. The Milky Way is only one example of a(n) _____. 7. The _____ showed that new land was being formed. 8. You should join those two ideas together with a(n) _____. 9. Cosmos is another word for _____. 10. I think we are lost. Let s check the _____. Southern Hemisphere asteroids galaxy scale Western Hemisphere conjunction explore solar system Age of Discovery circumnavigate aboriginals universe Mid-Ocean Ridge gravity map Practice Exam unit 2 Explorers and Exploration Application For each question, read the instructions carefully and complete all actions. 1. Insert commas where necessary in the following passage (x4). (1 point) He wanted to be a famous soccer player but he had trouble perfecting his soccer skills.

10 So he asked his father to help him Practice after school and on weekends. The boy practiced outside in the summer and he practiced inside in the winter. The following year, he was chosen to play on his school s soccer team. Therefore he felt like he was on his way to achieving his dream. 2. Circle all of the conjunctions in the following passage (x6). (2 points) The girls walked over to the door, and they carefully turned the handle. It creaked open, so they entered the spooky room. However, as soon as they did, the lights began flashing, and the door slammed shut. They tried to open it again, but it was shut tight. So, they decided to look for another exit. 3. Look at the following number. First, write the number out in words. Then, write the scientific notation of that number. (2 points) 85, 310, 000, 000 Written number: _____ Scientific notation: _____ Practice Exam unit 2 Explorers and Exploration 4.