6th Grade History Test 1

Question 1

the third largest continent

Answer 1

North America

Question 2

the name of the world’s largest island

Answer 2

Greenland

Question 3

the highest peak in North America

Answer 3

Mt. McKinley

Question 4

the world’s largest bay

Answer 4

Hudson Bay

Question 5

the world’s largest gulf

Answer 5

Gulf of Mexico

Question 6

the smallest coldest ocean

Answer 6

Arctic Ocean

Question 7

the name of the area between the North Pole and the northern timberline

Answer 7

Arctic

Question 8

the vast evergreen forest region covering much of Canada and parts of Alaska

Answer 8

boreal forest

Question 9

the treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline

Answer 9

tundra

Question 10

the name of ground that is permanently frozen

Answer 10

permafrost

Question 11

the point beyond which no trees can grow

Answer 11

timberline

Question 12

a large mass of ice that flows slowly over land

Answer 12

glacier

Question 13

a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

Answer 13

strait

Question 14

one of America’s greatest athletes

Answer 14

Jim Thorpe

Question 15

the famous English missionary to the Canadian Inuits and their neighbors

Answer 15

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

Question 16

known as America’s Greatest Storyteller

Answer 16

Will Rogers

Question 17

the region containing North and South America

Answer 17

Western Hemisphere

Question 18

the most famous Indians of South America

Answer 18

Incas

Question 19

the narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska

Answer 19

Bering Strait

Question 20

the movement of a group of people or animals from one part of the world to the enxt

Answer 20

migration

Question 21

the record of what has happened to mankind

Answer 21

history

Question 22

the study of the earth

Answer 22

geography

Question 23

the setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

Answer 23

habitat

Question 24

the “way of life” of a group of people

Answer 24

culture

Question 25

trees that do not lose their leaves

Answer 25

evergreens

Question 26

the oldest and largest trees in the world

Answer 26

conifers

Question 27

people who live in Greenland or the Canadian Arctic

Answer 27

Inuits

Question 28

the people of Central America who had one of the most advanced early civilizations of the Western Hemisphere

Answer 28

Mayas

Question 29

a long, hooded jacket made of different types of fur

Answer 29

parka

Question 30

the animal that has shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal

Answer 30

beaver

Question 31

the most famous Indians who lived in Mexico

Answer 31

Aztecs

Question 32

Know these locations on the map. Study from worksheets and your book

Answer 32

``` Bering Sea Prime Meridian Antarctica International Date Line Beaufort Sea South America Indian Ocean Tropic of Capricorn equator Arctic Circle ```

Question 33

Be able to find these locations on the map of the Western Hemisphere

Answer 33

``` 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 ```