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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contenits | Anarctica,Austrila,Africa,Asia,North America,South America,Europe. |
| Oceans | Indiana,Atlantic,Pacific,Artic |
| Parts of a map | Symbol,Scale,Key,Compass |
| Valley | A low land between hills or mountains |
| Glaciers | It is a large,thick body of slow moving ice |
| Island | A body of land completely surrounded by water |
| plain | an area of low land usally covered with grasses |
| River | It is a large natural stream of water that runs through land |
| Volcano | A moutain created as liquid rock or ash erupts from inside the earth |
| ithum | A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| downstream | this is the direction in which a river flows fromits source mouth |
| canyon | It is a deep and narrow valley with steep sides |
| pennisula | A body of land surrounded by land on three sides |
| Mesa | A flat hill topped hill with steep sides and is common in the desert |
| Continents | The name of the land masses into which the earth is divided |
| Ocean | Largebodies of salt water that makes about two thrids of the surface of the Earth |
| Anarctica | A continent without any countries |
| Asia | The largest land area |
| irrrigation | The watering of dry farm land by means of ditches or pipes |
| metizo | A person who has both american and Spanish Indiana ancestrys |
| Civilization | A high level of culture that includes writing |
| staple | a main food eaten by people |
| empire | a group of countries or cultures under a single ruler |
| colony | a territory owned and governed by another country |
| The mail religoin in Mexico is | Roman Cathlolic |
| The Aztecs built a city in central america Mexico that is the current site of | Mexico City |
| The capital of Mexico is | Mexico City |
| The money used in Mexico is the | peso |
| The discover , along with his man | Cortez |
| In Mexico, the primary language spoken is | Spanish |
| Most of the Mexicans today are | Metizos |
| The main crop in mexico is | corn |
| adobe is mixture of wet clay and | straw |
| A bread made of corn or flour is called | tortillas |
| adobe | a sun dried brick made of mud and straw |
| sacred | deeply respected and usually having religious meaning |
| guerrilla | a soldier who fights outside a regular war |
| rain forest | any dense forest that grows in a warm, moist area |
| cash crop | a crop grown to be sold |
| dictator | a leader who rules with complete power |
| contra | a rebel fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua |
| United Nations | an international organization whose purpose is to keep peace between nations |
| hacienda | a main food eaten by people |
| ejido | a communal farm in Mexico |
| pyramid | a structure with a square base and four triangle shaped sides that rises to a point |
| cacao | the plant from which chocolate is made |
| aqueduct | a that carries water from one place to another |
| quipu | a knotted string used by the Inca to keep records |
| junta | a small group of military leader who take power and rule a country by force |
| terrace | a long step cut into a slope to create level land for farming |
| smuggle | to move goods in or out of a country illegally |
| landlocked | surrounded by land |
| Antarctica is the ----- largest continent | 5th |
| Antarctica has the most water on Earth, but it never---- | rain |
| The closest land to Antarctica is ------ | South America |
| Even though Antarctica was not seen until the 19th century,the ancient -------- thought must be there it | Greeks |
| During the winter months, Antarctica is surrounded by a belt of ice -----wide | 1000 |
| The wind in Antarctica wind gusts up to | 200 |
| Antarctica has 6 months of winter, during which it is | dark |
| penguins have 2 enemies in the water ------and ------ | killer whales and leopard seals |
| the ocean has many kinds of life like-----kinds of fish and------ | 200 kinds of fish and 43 kinds of birds |
| the coldest temperature every recorded was ---- | 129 |
| Sir Francis Drake was the------ | 1st Antarctica explorer,because he sailed the furthest south |
| James cook ___________ was the first to penetrate the unknown water of the Antarctic Circle | An English |
| Sealers killed ___________ seals | 3 1/2 |
| The first Explorer to get to the South pole was ________________.He used sled dogs. | Amundsen,a Norwegian |
| On the globe, you would find Antarctica at the _______________. | bottom |
| __________, was an Englishman,was getting to the South Pole. He and his men later died. | Admiral Scott |
| ________ is an active volcano on Antarctica. | Mt.Vesuvius |
| ___________ owns Antarctica | NO One |
| scientists work in Antarctica during 6 months of ___________. During that time, Antarctica has daylight for 24 hours each day | summer |
| Antarctica has what percentage of the world's fresh water. | Two-thirds |
| Millions of years ago, Antarctica was warm,, ice free land covered with trees and other plants | True |
| The original people of Australia are | Aborigines |
| An example of a marsupial is a | kangaroo |
| Australia is the size of | The United States |
| Australia's vast desert interior is called | The Outback |
| New Zealand's landscape is | green and mountainous |
| The Marois came to New Zealand by | canoe |
| _______________is the only continent that is also a country | Australia |
| The Aborigines use a _____________ to hunt. | boomrang |
| New Zealand is a ______________zone. | nuclear free |
| A_______________is a type of mammal tat is born before it is fully developed. | Marsupial |
| New Zealand is made up of _____islands ,and it is about the size of__________________. | 2,Colorado |
| The Marois came to New Zealand form___________and__________. | Tahiti and Hawaii |
| The ______________________,off the coast of Australia, is a great place to snorkel | The Great Barrier Reef |
| The capital of Australia is | Canberra |
| The capital of New Zealand is | Wellington |
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