Reference Points for Navigation

Q.

How many latitudes are there in total ?

Q.

The $7$ major lines of latitude are:

Q.

Grid is a network of

1. parallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes

2. the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

3. the North Pole and the South Pole

Q. Which country/continent was discovered by Christopher Columbus?

1. South Africa
2. South India
3. South America
4. South Sudan

Q. Christopher Columbus made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Which of the following locations did he not visit?

1. India
2. Central America
3. South America
4. North America

Q. Who among the following was not an explorer?

1. Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson
2. Isaac Newton
3. Christopher Columbus
4. Ferdinand Magellan

Q. Who discovered Iceland?

1. Aristotle
2. Isaac Newton
3. Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson
4. Christopher Columbus

Q. Vilgerðarson utilised as a means to confirm assumptions that land was closeby while he was at sea.

1. crows
2. eagles
3. ducks
4. ravens

Q. Write a short note on parallels of Latitude.

Q. Who discovered Iceland?

1. Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson
2. Aristotle
3. Isaac Newton
4. Christopher Columbus

Q. Christopher Columbus set off in 1492 to find .

1. Central America
2. India
3. South America
4. North America

Q. Choose the various reference points utilised by explorers in the past to navigate around the Earth.

1. Waves
2. Birds
3. Weather
4. Stars

Q. Which country/continent was discovered by Christopher Columbus?

1. South Africa
2. South India
3. South America
4. South Sudan

Q. Who among the following used birds to help him find his way to Iceland?

1. Hrafna-Floki Vilgerdarson
2. Ferdinand Magellan
3. Christopher Columbus
4. James Cook

Q. Christopher Columbus set off in 1492 to find .

1. Central America
2. India
3. South America
4. North America

Q. Choose the various reference points utilised by explorers in the past to navigate around the Earth.

1. Waves
2. Birds
3. Weather
4. Stars

Q. Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson discovered the country of Finland during one of his voyages.

1. False
2. True

Q. Vilgerðarson utilised as a means to confirm assumptions that land was closeby while he was at sea.

1. crows
2. eagles
3. ducks
4. ravens

Q. Vilgerðarson utilised as a means to confirm assumptions that land was closeby while he was at sea.

1. crows
2. eagles
3. ducks
4. ravens

Q. 4. __________

1. should
2. must
3. might
4. will