Test 1 - Chapter 1-2; Map Mastery 1-2; Geography Facts 1-4

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

Question 2

Who was one of America’s greatest athletes?

Answer 2

Jim Thorpe

Question 3

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

Answer 3

strait

Question 4

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

Answer 4

boreal forest

Question 5

a large mass of ice that flows slowly over land

Answer 5

glacier

Question 6

the treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline

Answer 6

tundra

Question 7

the point beyond which no trees can grow

Answer 7

timberline

Question 8

the name of ground that is permanently frozen

Answer 8

permafrost

Question 9

What continent is the third largest?

Answer 9

North America

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Arctic

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Greenland

Question 12

What is the smallest, coldest ocean?

Answer 12

Arctic Ocean

Question 13

What is the highest peak in North America?

Answer 13

Mt. McKinley

Question 14

What is the world’s largest gulf?

Answer 14

Gulf of Mexico

Question 15

What is the world’s largest bay?

Answer 15

Hudson Bay

Question 16

People who live in Greenland or the Canadian Arctic are called..

Answer 16

Inuits

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Mayas

Question 18

Who is known as America’s Greatest Storyteller

Answer 18

Will Rogers

Question 19

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

Answer 19

migration

Question 20

The region containing North and South America

Answer 20

Western Hemisphere

Question 21

The narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska

Answer 21

Bering Strait

Question 22

The most famous Indians of South America

Answer 22

Incas

Question 23

the oldest and largest trees in the world

Answer 23

conifers

Question 24

the record of what has happened to mankind

Answer 24

history

Question 25

trees that doe not lose their leaves

Answer 25

evergreens

Question 26

the study of the earth

Answer 26

geography

Question 27

the "way of life" of a group of people

Answer 27

culture

Question 28

the setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

Answer 28

habitat

Question 29

The most famous Indians who lived in Mexico

Answer 29

Aztecs

Question 30

A long, hooded jacket made of different types of fur

Answer 30

parka

Question 31

The animal that has shaped the landscapes of North America more thank any other

Answer 31

beaver

Question 32

Be able to locate all parts of Map Mastery 1 & 2

Answer 32

Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean, Tropic of Cancer, Antarctica, Beaufort Sea, Indian Ocean, equator, Beaufort Sea, Prime Meridian, Arctic Circle, Tropic of Capricorn

Question 33

Be able to locate and identify the following

Answer 33

Mackenzie River, Canada, Great Salt Lake, Yucatan Peninsula, Great Salt Lake, West Indies, Great Lakes, Tierra del Fuego, Baffin Island, Baja California, Atacama Desert, Caribbean Sea, Amazon River, Strait of Magellan, Amazon River, Rocky Mountains, Andes Mountains, Mississippi, Mount MkCinley, St Lawrence River