Logo: a Chinstrap penguin

(Photo by Jack Child, Deception Island, Antarctica, 1996)

This is Lesson 24: A Look Further South: Antarctica

Multiple choice questions for the Lesson (click on the correct answer; if you are wrong, you will be told so politely; if you are right you will get a confirmation):

MC-1 (Lesson 24, page 239/4) (You need to know that AU's height above sea level is over 200 feet) If the Antarctic ice cap were to melt,

a. we would all drown

b. American University would be the only one left in Washington

c. we would probably not even notice it

d. the oceans would all become fresh water

 

MC-2 (Lesson 24, page 243/2) Antarctica got its name

a. by being the opposite of the Arctic

b. because of the constellation Antarcticus

c. during the time of the Treaty of Tordesillas

d. from Roman mythology

Short-answer questions for the Lesson. Instructions: If you are not sure about the answer and would like a hint, click on the figure labeled "Hint".

Note: In later versions of this web site we plan to make it possible for you to type your answer directly on the web site and send it back to the instructor electronically. For the moment you might want to type your answers in a word processing program and let the instructor have them for extra credit (on paper or electronically via email to jchild@american.edu). We may also be discussing these questions orally in class, and similar questions will appear in unannounced quizzes.

SA-1: Why is Antarctica of special interest to the student of international relations?

SA-2: What is krill and why is it important?

SA-3: What was the political importance of the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58?

SA-4: What are the major provisions of the Antarctic Treaty of 1959?

HINT SA-5: Which two South American nations have the strongest Antarctic interests?

SA-6: Compare the Arctic with the Antarctic.

SA-7: Who was involved in the "race to the Pole" in 1911-1912?

SA-8: What geopolitical explanation is there for the US base at the South Pole?

HINT SA-9: What are the political dangers if oil is found in the Antarctic Peninsula?

HINT SA-10: What are the political implications of the Brazilian "Frontage Theory" regarding Antarctic sovereignty?

SA-11: How can Antarctica be a desert with all that snow and ice?

SA-12: Question from McNees, pp. 338-353, René Marqués, "Island of Manhattan": How does this story incorporate the theme of Ariel versus Caliban?

SA-13: Question from McNees, pp. 338-353, René Marqués, "Island ofManhattan": In what ways does Nico change when he lives in Manhattan?

SA-14: Question from McNees, pp. 410-432, Mario Vargas Llosa, "Sunday": What does this story tell us about machismo?

SA-15: Question from McNees, pp. 410-432, Mario Vargas Llosa, "Sunday": What does Miguel promise God if he is saved? Do you think he will keep his promise?