6th Grade History Test 1 Flashcards
the third largest continent
North America
the name of the world’s largest island
Greenland
the highest peak in North America
Mt. McKinley
the world’s largest bay
Hudson Bay
the world’s largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
the smallest coldest ocean
Arctic Ocean
the name of the area between the North Pole and the northern timberline
Arctic
the vast evergreen forest region covering much of Canada and parts of Alaska
boreal forest
the treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline
tundra
the name of ground that is permanently frozen
permafrost
the point beyond which no trees can grow
timberline
a large mass of ice that flows slowly over land
glacier
a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
strait
one of America’s greatest athletes
Jim Thorpe
the famous English missionary to the Canadian Inuits and their neighbors
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
known as America’s Greatest Storyteller
Will Rogers
the region containing North and South America
Western Hemisphere
the most famous Indians of South America
Incas
the narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska
Bering Strait
the movement of a group of people or animals from one part of the world to the enxt
migration
the record of what has happened to mankind
history
the study of the earth
geography
the setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive
habitat
the “way of life” of a group of people
culture
trees that do not lose their leaves
evergreens
the oldest and largest trees in the world
conifers
people who live in Greenland or the Canadian Arctic
Inuits
the people of Central America who had one of the most advanced early civilizations of the Western Hemisphere
Mayas
a long, hooded jacket made of different types of fur
parka
the animal that has shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal
beaver
the most famous Indians who lived in Mexico
Aztecs
Know these locations on the map. Study from worksheets and your book
Bering Sea Prime Meridian Antarctica International Date Line Beaufort Sea South America Indian Ocean Tropic of Capricorn equator Arctic Circle
Be able to find these locations on the map of the Western Hemisphere
Caribbean Sea Bering Strait Strait of Magellan Rocky Mountains andes Mountains Mississippi River Mount McKinley St. Lawrence River Amazon River Atacama Desert Canada Mexico Yucatan Peninsula west Indies Baja California Tierra del Fuego Baffin island Great Lakes Great Salt Lake Mackenzie River
