The First Americans and the Land They Found Flashcards
Describe history
The record of what has happened to mankind
Describe geography
Study of the earth
The study of animals and their habitats as well as people and their cultures is also part of..
Geography
What is the Western Hemisphere called?
The New World
What are the two continents of the new world?
North and South America
God caused the people of the world to speak different languages through…
The tower of Babel
A movement of a group of people or animals from one part of the world to another
Migration
How did the Indians get to America?
They PROBABLY walked over from Asia
What is the Bering Strait?
The narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska
A narrow body of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water
A strait
Wasn’t the Bering strait once dry land?
Yes!
North America and Africa might have once been connected (T or F and why?)
False,it was South America and Africa
What did the name of Noah’s great-great-great grandson mean? And what was his name?
His name was Peleg and it meant “divided”
The setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive
Habitat
What race spread out the most?
Native Americans
What is culture? (Hint:only 3 words)
Way of life
What is the 3rd largest continent?
North America
(OPTIONAL) Can you name the continents in order from largest to smallest?
Asia,Africa,North America,South America,Antarctica,Europe and Australia
What isthmus connects North and South America?
Isthmus of Panama
Name the highest peak in North America
Mt. McKinley
The world’s largest bay
Hudson Bay
The world’s largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
The world’s largest island
Greenland
Greenland is almost completely covered by grass (T or f and why?)
False,it’s almost completely covered by ice. The name is misleading!
What is Rio Grand in English?
“Large river”
The most famous Indians who lived in Mexico
Aztecs
Central America is part of North America (T or F and why?)
True
The narrow bridge of land that connects North and South America (Hint:NOT an isthmus!)
Central America
Where did the Maya Indians make their homes?
In Central America
2000 mile-long chain of mountainous islands in the Caribbean Sea
West Indies
Who called the land he discovered the indies because he thought it was part of the indies islands of Asia? (Hint: he always confused the land he found!)
Columbus
Why did Columbus call the native Americans “Indians”?
He thought he was in the indies of Asia
4th largest continent
South America
Where does most of the land lie in in South America?
Within the tropics
2nd longest river (hint:in South America)
Amazon River
One of the direst places on earth in South America
Atacama Desert
Most famous South American Indians (hint: sounds close to the word “ink”)
Incas
What is an archipelago?
A group of islands
What kind of land formation Is Tierra del Fuego?
An archipelago
What is the very bottom of South America? (Hint:it’s shaped like a horn!)
Cape Horn
What strait is at the bottom section of South America?
Strait of Magellan
What is a type of light axe that the Indians used? (Hint:sounds like a crazy hairstyle)
Tomahawk
What is maize?
Corn
What is maize?
Corn
Name a Native American crop
Corn / peanuts / potatoes / squash / tomatoes / peppers
Leather coverings that protect the legs
Leggings
Describe a tepee
Animal hide was put around poles to make a kind of cone
What were other homes the Indians made other than tepees?
Wigwams and hogans
What did the Indian men practice for hunting?
Archery
We’re Indians atheists?
No! But they worshipped the wrong gods!
One of America’s greatest athletes (hint:he was Indian)
Jim Thorpe
This man was part Indian and he was titled “America Greatest Storyteller”
Will Roger’s
Fill in the blank from one of Will Roger’s quotes “My ancestors didn’t come over on the M________,but they met the boat.”
Mayflower
