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The First Americans and the Land They Found Flashcards

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Describe history

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The record of what has happened to mankind

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Describe geography

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Study of the earth

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The study of animals and their habitats as well as people and their cultures is also part of..

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Geography

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What is the Western Hemisphere called?

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The New World

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What are the two continents of the new world?

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North and South America

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God caused the people of the world to speak different languages through…

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The tower of Babel

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

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Migration

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How did the Indians get to America?

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They PROBABLY walked over from Asia

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What is the Bering Strait?

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The narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska

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A narrow body of water that connects 2 larger bodies of water

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A strait

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Wasn’t the Bering strait once dry land?

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Yes!

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North America and Africa might have once been connected (T or F and why?)

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False,it was South America and Africa

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What did the name of Noah’s great-great-great grandson mean? And what was his name?

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His name was Peleg and it meant “divided”

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The setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

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Habitat

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What race spread out the most?

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Native Americans

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What is culture? (Hint:only 3 words)

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Way of life

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What is the 3rd largest continent?

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North America

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(OPTIONAL) Can you name the continents in order from largest to smallest?

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Asia,Africa,North America,South America,Antarctica,Europe and Australia

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What isthmus connects North and South America?

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Isthmus of Panama

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Name 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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The world’s largest gulf

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Gulf of Mexico

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The world’s largest island

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Greenland

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Greenland is almost completely covered by grass (T or f and why?)

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False,it’s almost completely covered by ice. The name is misleading!

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What is Rio Grand in English?

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“Large river”

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The most famous Indians who lived in Mexico

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Aztecs

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Central America is part of North America (T or F and why?)

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True

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The narrow bridge of land that connects North and South America (Hint:NOT an isthmus!)

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Central America

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Where did the Maya Indians make their homes?

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In Central America

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2000 mile-long chain of mountainous islands in the Caribbean Sea

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West Indies

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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!)

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Columbus

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Why did Columbus call the native Americans “Indians”?

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He thought he was in the indies of Asia

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4th largest continent

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South America

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Where does most of the land lie in in South America?

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Within the tropics

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2nd longest river (hint:in South America)

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Amazon River

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One of the direst places on earth in South America

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Atacama Desert

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Most famous South American Indians (hint: sounds close to the word “ink”)

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Incas

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What is an archipelago?

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A group of islands

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What kind of land formation Is Tierra del Fuego?

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An archipelago

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What is the very bottom of South America? (Hint:it’s shaped like a horn!)

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Cape Horn

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What strait is at the bottom section of South America?

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Strait of Magellan

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What is a type of light axe that the Indians used? (Hint:sounds like a crazy hairstyle)

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Tomahawk

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What is maize?

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Corn

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What is maize?

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Corn

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Name a Native American crop

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Corn / peanuts / potatoes / squash / tomatoes / peppers

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Leather coverings that protect the legs

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Leggings

47
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Describe a tepee

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Animal hide was put around poles to make a kind of cone

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What were other homes the Indians made other than tepees?

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Wigwams and hogans

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What did the Indian men practice for hunting?

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Archery

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We’re Indians atheists?

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No! But they worshipped the wrong gods!

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One of America’s greatest athletes (hint:he was Indian)

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Jim Thorpe

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This man was part Indian and he was titled “America Greatest Storyteller”

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Will Roger’s

53
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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.”

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Mayflower

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