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History 6th
Ch.1 - First Americans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the record of what happened to mankind | History |
| the study of the earth | Geography |
| Western Hemisphere is a part of the what ____________ _______________ | New World |
| North America, and South America,and many other islands rising up out of Caribbean Sea all part of _____ | The New World |
| Some people stayed in the Middle East near the sight of the Tower of______ | Babel |
| a group of people or animals who travel to one part of the world to another | migration |
| what is a another name for the New World | Northern Hemisphere |
| a narrow body of water that links the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific's Bering Sea it separates Russia from Alaska | Bering Strait |
| setting in which certain types of animals and plants live | habitat |
| people went to near the arctic ocean and to the southern tip of ___________ | south america |
| some people spread from pacific ocean and west from there to the _________ __________ | Atlantic Ocean |
| the third largest continent | north america |
| way of life | culture |
| north america is named for______________ | the rock mountains, the low Appalachian mountains, and great plains that lie between |
| the highest peak in north america | mt. McKinley |
| the largest gulf in the world | Gulf of Mexico |
| the largest bay in the world | Hudson Bay |
| the largest river in the North America | Mississippi River |
| the largest island in the world | Greenland |
| the content that is mostly covered in ice | Australia |
| "large river" | Rio Grande |
| Rio Grande is located _________ | in Mexico |
| a land marked by mountains, canons,two large peninsulas, a high central plaques, | Mexico |
| famous Indians are in Mexico are called | Aztecs |
| "lower" | Baja |
| Mexico's two large peninsulas | California and Yucatan |
| a narrow bridge a land that connects North America and South America divides the Atlantic's Caribbean Sea | Central America |
| made they homes central America | Maya Indians |
| who made their way to a 2,000-mile long chain of mountainous island in the Caribbean Sea | West Indies |
| _____ called the land he discovered Indies because he thought it was part of the Indies islands of_______ | Columbus Asia |
| Andes mountain is located in the | west, South America |
| flows south from the equator | Amazon river |
| one of the driest places on the earth | Atacama Desert |
| the most famous South American Indians | Incas |
| archipelago | Tierra del Fuego |
| the southern part of America is called | Cape Horn |
| mainland of south America is called | Strait of Maagellan |
| corn | maize |
| corn peanuts potatoes squash tomatoes and peppers | native american crops |
| corn peanuts potatoes squash tomatoes and peppers | native american crops |
| a lether covering that protects the leg | leggings |
| a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water | strait |
| America's best storyteller | Will Rogers |
| America's greatest story teller | Jim Thorpe |
| circular dwellings made with logs and mud | hogans |
| dome-shaped buildings covered with leaves and bark | wigwams |
| sewing buffalo hides together and then stretch them over a frame makes ________ | igloos |
| shooting with bows and arrows | archery |