Teaching History Ch. 1 and 2 Flashcards
The record of what has happened to mankind
history
the study of the earth
geography
the continents and islands of the Western Hemisphere
New World
Parts of the New World
North America, South America, and the many islands rising up out of the Caribbean Sea
the Tower of Bable is located near the
Middle East
the greatest migration in history was the
Tower of Babel
the movement of a group of people or animals form one part of the world to another
migration
the area of the earth that we call the Western Hemisphere or the New World
North America and South America
the narrow body of water that links the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific’s Bering Sea and separates Russia from Alaska is called
Bering Strait
a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
strait
setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive
habitat
way of life
culture
the third largest continent
North America
north and south America was connected by
Isthmus of Panama
Mountains in North America
Rocky Mountains (west)
Appalachian Mountains (east)
Great Plains
Mt. Mckinley
the highest peak in North America
Mt. McKinley
The worlds largest bay
Hudson Bay
the worlds largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
North America’s largest river
Mississippi River
the world’s largest island
Greenland
a land marked by mountains, canyons, a high central plateau, and two large peninsulas
Mexico
two large peninsulas in Mexico
Baja California and Yucatan
the most famous Indians who lived in Mexico were
the Aztecs
narrow bridge of land that connects North America to South America
Central America
the people of one of the most advanced early civilizations of the Western Hemisphere
Maya Indians
a 2,000 mile-long chain of mountainous island in the Caribbean Sea
West Indies
runs from the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River
the second longest river and the largest river
Amazon River
one of the driest places on earth
Atacama Desert
the most famous South American Indians
Incas
group of islands
archipelago
the southern most point in the Americas
Cape Horn
type of light ax
tomahawk
corn
maize
tepees were made of
buffalo hides (20) and stretching the hides around a frame of poles
dome-shaped buildings covered with leaves and bark
wigwams
circular dwellings made with logs and mud
hogans
one of America’s greatest athletes
Jim Thorpe
“America’s Greatest Storyteller”
Will Rogers
“My ancestors didn’t come over on the Mayflower but they met the boat”
Will Roger
the area between the North Pole and the northern timberline of North America, Europe, and Asia
the Arctic
the point beyond which trees cannot grow because of the extreme cold, type of soil, and other factors
timberline
the smallest and coldest ocean on earth
Arctic Ocean
large masses of ice that flow slowly over land
Glaciers
a piece of glacier that has moved down a mountain or across a polar region and broken off into the sea
Iceberg
animals in the arctic
Plankton
narwhales
polar bears
puffins
fur seals
main source of the Northern Hemisphere’s iceberg
Western Greenland
Viking from Norway founded in the island’s first European settlement
Erik the Red
the coldest regions of the earth
Frigid zones
permanently frozen ground is called
permafrost
fungi and algae
lichens
the world’s smallest tree
arctic willow
sea bird that migrates farther than any other bird
arctic tern
North American Reindeer
caribou
little rodents four or five inches long that look like fat round mice
lemmings
