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History 6th
Ch.2- Cold Land
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the North Pole and the surrounding area that lies between | Arctic |
| the point that trees can not grow any more because the extreme cold weather | timberline |
| in the far north lies, aurora borealis OR | northern lights |
| the smallest and coldest ocean on the earth | Arctic Ocean |
| the water that has turned into ice and will slide down the mountain is called | Glaciers |
| a small piece of a glacier that has been broken | iceberg |
| tiny plant and animals that live in Arctic ocean | Plankton |
| small whales whose males have a single spiraled | narwhals |
| some of the world's largest carnivores | polar bear |
| strange looking birds that spent time swimming for food in the Arctic | Puffins |
| well equipped animals who live in the arctic ocean | Fur seals |
| a fat layer of skin called | blubber |
| what is the main source of the Western Hemisphere's ice burgs | Western Greenland |
| Eris the _________a _________from Norway, founded the island's first European settlement | red and Viking |
| the treeless Arctic Ocean plains north of the timberline form a region called the | tundra |
| Most of the tundra is north of the Arctic Circle, in the north | Frigid Zone |
| the tundra's nikename | "land of the Midnight sun" |
| permanently frozen ground is called | permafrost |
| wich too plants are needed to make up the plant called lichens | fingi and algea |
| the word's smallest tree | Arctic willow |
| insome places the Arctic willow only grows to the height of | 2 inches |
| a bird that migrates farther than any other bird | sea |
| the sea bird migrates around how many miles per year | 22,000 WOW!!! |
| a bird that has on its feet a mat oof short feathers that serve as snowshoes in the snow | ptarmigan |
| tree types of birds that also live on the tundra | snowy owl gulls snow goose canada goose |
| are large cattle like animals that standabout five feet tall | musk oxen |
| North American reindeer | caribou |
| this animal hunt birds in the short Arctic summer and is a memmber of the dog family | Actic Wolf |
| little rodents that look like fat, round mice | lemmings |
| an Indian word that means "eater of raw meat" | Eskimos |
| a word which mean "the people" | Inuits |
| their main food was | meat |
| their most common types of meats | seal and caribou |
| freezing temperatures forced to so that the Eskimos and Inuits to wear heavy clothing almost all | year around |
| "boots" water proof boots that re made out of seal skin | mukluks |
| long,hooded jackets made from many different types of fur | parkas |
| a large open boat also made of skin stretched over the frame; used for long hunting trips | umiak |
| snow houses and sod | igloos |
| the______ is the only kind of animal that was domesticated "tamed" well trained for transportation | dog |
| gave a good inhabitants of the of the arctic a good way to travel over ice and snow | dog sled |
| what eskimos and Inuits use for transporation instead of dogs to pull their sleds | snowmobiles |
| a one-man boat constructed of seal skin stretched over a frame | kayak |
| a barbed head attached to a long shaft; made of wood or bone | harpoons |
| who was responsible to bring written language to the eskimos and inuits | missionaries |
| the most famous missionary to the Canadian inuits | Sir Wilfred Genfell of England |
| a russian word meaning "forest", referring to the cold northern woods | taiga |
| another common word referring to the cold northern woods; boreal means northern | boreal forest |
| the main tree of the taiga and the oldest and largest tree in the world | conifers |
| trees that keep their leaves all year long | evergreens |
| valued food for their woo, grow in the taiga | spruce |
| balsam fir pines and figs grows well in where | taiga |
| what is the "famous" information about the broadleave tree | they are the most varied trees in the world |
| means they loose their leaves in the fall | deciduous |
| it other name is canoe birch and is distinguished by its brown to whitish bark which can easy be peeled from the tree in layers | paper birch |
| what animal would room throughout the taiga | woodland caribou |
| the larges member of the deer family | moose |
| millions of _________ ________ animals live on the taiga | fur-bearing animals |
| north America's largest rodent | beaver |
| what animals have done more than all the animals to shape the landscape of the north a | beavers |
| a long,slender animal that is active hungry predator that feeds on various rodents | weasel |
| one type of weasel that sheds it winter coat in the summer | ermine |
| "skunk bear" has been its name because of its apprehensiveness | wolverine |
| has ferry feet that helps it walk in the snow | marten |
| one type of weasel that has a luxurious fur coat | mink |
| the ermine has a chocolate coat in the summer and a what in the winter | of white |
| a large black bird about 26 inches and that resembles the crow | raven |
| one of the worlds most intelligent | crow |
| a bird that is among the largest and most powerful birds ever | golden eagle |
| "king of birds" | bald eagle |
| long,runnerless sleds | toboggans |
| they had to use what so that their feet would not freeze in the snow | snowshoes |
| a mixture of dried meat pounded together with fat and berries | pemmican |
| the Indians made what out of skins of moose and caribou | clothing |
| soft leather shoes | moccasin |
| it seamed like the ______- people may have gotten there name from the seams on there shoes | Ojibwa |
| Ojibwa people are sometimes called | chippewa |
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