Teaching History Ch. 1 and 2

Question 1

The record of what has happened to mankind

Answer 1

history

Question 2

the study of the earth

Answer 2

geography

Question 3

the continents and islands of the Western Hemisphere

Answer 3

New World

Question 4

Parts of the New World

Answer 4

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

Question 5

the Tower of Bable is located near the

Answer 5

Middle East

Question 6

the greatest migration in history was the

Answer 6

Tower of Babel

Question 7

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

Answer 7

migration

Question 8

the area of the earth that we call the Western Hemisphere or the New World

Answer 8

North America and South America

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Bering Strait

Question 10

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

Answer 10

strait

Question 11

setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

Answer 11

habitat

Question 12

way of life

Answer 12

culture

Question 13

the third largest continent

Answer 13

North America

Question 14

north and south America was connected by

Answer 14

Isthmus of Panama

Question 15

Mountains in North America

Answer 15

Rocky Mountains (west)
Appalachian Mountains (east)
Great Plains
Mt. Mckinley

Question 16

the highest peak in North America

Answer 16

Mt. McKinley

Question 17

The worlds largest bay

Answer 17

Hudson Bay

Question 18

the worlds largest gulf

Answer 18

Gulf of Mexico

Question 19

North America’s largest river

Answer 19

Mississippi River

Question 20

the world’s largest island

Answer 20

Greenland

Question 21

a land marked by mountains, canyons, a high central plateau, and two large peninsulas

Answer 21

Mexico

Question 22

two large peninsulas in Mexico

Answer 22

Baja California and Yucatan

Question 23

the most famous Indians who lived in Mexico were

Answer 23

the Aztecs

Question 24

narrow bridge of land that connects North America to South America

Answer 24

Central America

Question 25

the people of one of the most advanced early civilizations of the Western Hemisphere

Answer 25

Maya Indians

Question 26

a 2,000 mile-long chain of mountainous island in the Caribbean Sea

Answer 26

West Indies

Question 27

runs from the Andes Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 27

Amazon River

Question 28

the second longest river and the largest river

Answer 28

Amazon River

Question 29

one of the driest places on earth

Answer 29

Atacama Desert

Question 30

the most famous South American Indians

Answer 30

Incas

Question 31

group of islands

Answer 31

archipelago

Question 32

the southern most point in the Americas

Answer 32

Cape Horn

Question 33

type of light ax

Answer 33

tomahawk

Question 34

corn

Answer 34

maize

Question 35

tepees were made of

Answer 35

buffalo hides (20) and stretching the hides around a frame of poles

Question 36

dome-shaped buildings covered with leaves and bark

Answer 36

wigwams

Question 37

circular dwellings made with logs and mud

Answer 37

hogans

Question 38

one of America's greatest athletes

Answer 38

Jim Thorpe

Question 39

"America's Greatest Storyteller"

Answer 39

Will Rogers

Question 40

"My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower but they met the boat"

Answer 40

Will Roger

Question 41

the area between the North Pole and the northern timberline of North America, Europe, and Asia

Answer 41

the Arctic

Question 42

the point beyond which trees cannot grow because of the extreme cold, type of soil, and other factors

Answer 42

timberline

Question 43

the smallest and coldest ocean on earth

Answer 43

Arctic Ocean

Question 44

large masses of ice that flow slowly over land

Answer 44

Glaciers

Question 45

a piece of glacier that has moved down a mountain or across a polar region and broken off into the sea

Answer 45

Iceberg

Question 46

animals in the arctic

Answer 46

Plankton narwhales polar bears puffins fur seals

Question 47

main source of the Northern Hemisphere's iceberg

Answer 47

Western Greenland

Question 48

Viking from Norway founded in the island's first European settlement

Answer 48

Erik the Red

Question 49

the coldest regions of the earth

Answer 49

Frigid zones

Question 50

permanently frozen ground is called

Answer 50

permafrost

Question 51

fungi and algae

Answer 51

lichens

Question 52

the world's smallest tree

Answer 52

arctic willow

Question 53

sea bird that migrates farther than any other bird

Answer 53

arctic tern

Question 54

North American Reindeer

Answer 54

caribou

Question 55

little rodents four or five inches long that look like fat round mice

Answer 55

lemmings