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History 6th
Ch.1 - First Americans
Question | Answer |
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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 |