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1
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the third largest continent

A

North America

2
Q

the name of the world’s largest island

A

Greenland

3
Q

the highest peak in North America

A

Mt. McKinley

4
Q

the world’s largest bay

A

Hudson Bay

5
Q

the world’s largest gulf

A

Gulf of Mexico

6
Q

the smallest coldest ocean

A

Arctic Ocean

7
Q

the name of the area between the North Pole and the northern timberline

A

Arctic

8
Q

the vast evergreen forest region covering much of Canada and parts of Alaska

A

boreal forest

9
Q

the treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline

A

tundra

10
Q

the name of ground that is permanently frozen

A

permafrost

11
Q

the point beyond which no trees can grow

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timberline

12
Q

a large mass of ice that flows slowly over land

A

glacier

13
Q

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

A

strait

14
Q

one of America’s greatest athletes

A

Jim Thorpe

15
Q

the famous English missionary to the Canadian Inuits and their neighbors

A

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

16
Q

known as America’s Greatest Storyteller

A

Will Rogers

17
Q

the region containing North and South America

A

Western Hemisphere

18
Q

the most famous Indians of South America

A

Incas

19
Q

the narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska

A

Bering Strait

20
Q

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

A

migration

21
Q

the record of what has happened to mankind

A

history

22
Q

the study of the earth

A

geography

23
Q

the setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

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habitat

24
Q

the “way of life” of a group of people

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culture

25
Q

trees that do not lose their leaves

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evergreens

26
Q

the oldest and largest trees in the world

A

conifers

27
Q

people who live in Greenland or the Canadian Arctic

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Inuits

28
Q

the people of Central America who had one of the most advanced early civilizations of the Western Hemisphere

A

Mayas

29
Q

a long, hooded jacket made of different types of fur

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parka

30
Q

the animal that has shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal

A

beaver

31
Q

the most famous Indians who lived in Mexico

A

Aztecs

32
Q

Know these locations on the map. Study from worksheets and your book

A
Bering Sea
Prime Meridian
Antarctica
International Date Line
Beaufort Sea
South America
Indian Ocean
Tropic of Capricorn
equator
Arctic Circle
33
Q

Be able to find these locations on the map of the Western Hemisphere

A
Caribbean Sea
Bering Strait
Strait of Magellan
Rocky Mountains
andes Mountains
Mississippi River
Mount McKinley
St. Lawrence River
Amazon River
Atacama Desert
Canada
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
west Indies
Baja California
Tierra del Fuego
Baffin island
Great Lakes
Great Salt Lake
Mackenzie River