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6th Grade History Test 1 Flashcards

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the third largest continent

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North America

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the name of the world’s largest island

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Greenland

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3
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the highest peak in North America

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Mt. McKinley

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the world’s largest bay

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Hudson Bay

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5
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the world’s largest gulf

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Gulf of Mexico

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the smallest coldest ocean

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Arctic Ocean

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

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Arctic

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

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boreal forest

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the treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline

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tundra

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the name of ground that is permanently frozen

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permafrost

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the point beyond which no trees can grow

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timberline

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a large mass of ice that flows slowly over land

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glacier

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

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strait

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14
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one of America’s greatest athletes

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Jim Thorpe

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the famous English missionary to the Canadian Inuits and their neighbors

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Sir Wilfred Grenfell

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known as America’s Greatest Storyteller

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Will Rogers

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the region containing North and South America

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Western Hemisphere

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the most famous Indians of South America

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Incas

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the narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska

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Bering Strait

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

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migration

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the record of what has happened to mankind

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history

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the study of the earth

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geography

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the setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

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habitat

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the “way of life” of a group of people

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culture

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trees that do not lose their leaves

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evergreens

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the oldest and largest trees in the world

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conifers

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people who live in Greenland or the Canadian Arctic

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Inuits

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

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Mayas

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a long, hooded jacket made of different types of fur

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parka

30
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the animal that has shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal

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beaver

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the most famous Indians who lived in Mexico

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Aztecs

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

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Bering Sea
Prime Meridian
Antarctica
International Date Line
Beaufort Sea
South America
Indian Ocean
Tropic of Capricorn
equator
Arctic Circle
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Be able to find these locations on the map of the Western Hemisphere

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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

6th Grade History-New World History & Geography (16 decks)

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