History Test 1 Study Guide

What continent is the third largest?

North America

What is the name of the world’s largest island?

Greenland

What is the highest peak in North America?

Mount McKinley

What is the world’s largest bay?

Hudson Bay

What is the world’s largest gulf?

Gulf of Mexico

What is the smallest, coldest ocean?

Arctic ocean

What is the name of the area between the North Pole and the northern timberline?

Tundra

Boreal forest

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

Tundra

The treeless arctic plains north of the timberline

Permafrost

The name of the ground that is permanently frozen

Timberline

The point beyond which no trees can grow

Glacier

A large mass of ice that flows slowly over land

Strait

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

Who was one of America’s greatest athletes?

Jim Thorpe

Who was the famous English missionary to the Canadian Inuits and their neighbors.

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

Who is known as America’s Greatest storyteller?

Will Roger’s

T/F: The region containing North and South America is the Western Hemisphere.

True

T/F: The most famous Indians of South America were the Aztecs.

False - Incas

The narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska is the Hudson Bay.

False - Bearing Strait

The movement of a group of people or animals from one part of the world to the next is called migration.

True

History

The record of what has happened to mankind

Geography

The study of the earth

Habitat

The setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

Culture

The “way of life” of a group of people

Evergreen

Trees that do not lose their leaves

Conifers

The oldest and largest trees in the world

Fill in the blank: People who live in Greenland or the Canadian Arctic call themselves ___.

Inuit

Fill in the blank: The people of Central America who had one of the most advances early civilizations or the Western Hemisphere were the ___.

Mayans

Fill in the blank: A long, hooded jacket made of different types of fur is called a ___.

Parka

Fill in the blank: The animal that has shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal is the ___.

Beaver

Fill in the blank: The most famous Indians who lived in Mexico were the ___.

Aztecs

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: Bearing Sea

A

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: Prime Meridian

F

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: Antarctica

H

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: International Date Line

G

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: Beaufort Sea

N

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: South America

L

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: Indian Ocean

O

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: Tropic of Capricorn

B

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: Equator

C

Find these locations on the world map and write the correct letter in each blank: Arctic Circle

I