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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law of Storms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Tobacco.

2. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?
(a) July 25, 1885.
(b) July 6, 1882.
(c) April 2, 1894.
(d) October 11, 1887.

3. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?
(a) Hispaniola.
(b) The Bolivar Peninsula.
(c) Niger.
(d) Cameroon.

4. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?
(a) Nonlinear dynamics.
(b) Headwind.
(c) Tailwind.
(d) Pushwind.

5. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?
(a) Pushwind.
(b) Tailwind.
(c) Headwind.
(d) Nonlinear dynamics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?

2. What were the names of Isaac Cline's parents?

3. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?

4. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

5. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.

(see the answer key)

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