Chapter 1

Question 1

history

Answer 1

the record of what has happened to mankind

Question 2

geography

Answer 2

the study of the earth

Question 3

Western Hemisphere

Answer 3

the New World: North America, South America, and the many islands rising up out of the Caribbean Sea

Question 4

migration

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Bering Strait

Answer 5

the narrow body of water that links the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific’s Bering Sea and separates Russia from Alaska

Question 6

What is the name of the strait that separates Russia from Alaska?

Answer 6

Bering Strait

Question 7

strait

Answer 7

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

Question 8

haabitat

Answer 8

the setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

Question 9

culture

Answer 9

way of life

Question 10

The third largest continent

Answer 10

North America

Question 11

the highest peak in North America

Answer 11

Mt. McKinley

Question 12

The world’s largest bay

Answer 12

Hudson Bay

Question 13

world’s largest gulf

Answer 13

Gulf of Mexico

Question 14

most famous Indians who lived in Mexico

Answer 14

Aztecs

Question 15

most famous South American Indians

Answer 15

Incas

Question 16

Indians of Central America

Answer 16

Mayas

Question 17

One of America’s greatest athletes who was an Indian from Oklahoma

Answer 17

Jim Thorpe

Question 18

The man who was part Indian and was known as “America’s Greatest Storyteller”

Answer 18

Will Rogers

Question 19

Four kinds of shelters the Indians made

Answer 19

tepees, wigwams, hogans, mud or adobe huts, and stone houses

Question 20

the name of the narrow bridge of land that connects North America to South America

Answer 20

Central America

Question 21

archipelago

Answer 21

group of islands