History Chapters 1-2 Test Review

cone-bearing trees

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

the native people of Greenland and Arctic Canada are called Inuits

the third largest continent is South America

large mass of ice that flows slowly over land

the snow house usually built for temporary shelter while traveling

"white-headed" bird

northern woods south of the tundra

the smallest, coldest ocean is the Arctic Ocean

the study of the earth

the most famous missionary to the Canadian Inuits was Sir Wilfred Grenfell

a piece of glacier that has broken off into the sea

the point beyond which trees cannot grow

the Gulf of Alaska is the world's largest gulf

the most famous missionary to the Canadian Inuits was Erik the Red

treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline are called taiga

the most famous South American Indians

the highest peak in North America

one-man boat constructed of seal skin stretched over a frame

"America's Greatest Storyteller"

the region containing North and South America is the Western Hemisphere

one of America's greatest athletes

long, hooded jackets made of fur

the world's largest island; main source of icebergs in Northern Hemisphere

a mixture of dried meat pounded together with fat and berries

the record of what has happened to mankind

northern lights is another name for the aurora borealis

North America's largest rodent; has done more than any other animal to shape North America's landscape

the New World

located at 0 degrees longitude

way of life

the coldest regions of the earth

the native people of northern Alaska

a sea bird that migrates farther than any other bird

a seal with blubber and course, frost-proof hair

located at 0 degrees latitude

the smallest, coldest ocean is the Indian Ocean

treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline are called tundra

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

trees that do not lose their leaves

the setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

boreal forest is another name for taiga

permanently frozen ground

the area between the North Pole and the northern timberline

the world's largest bay

trees that lose their leaves in the fall

"king of the birds"

the Bering strait separates Russia from Alaska

the Gulf of Mexico is the world's largest gulf

the third largest continent

the native people of Greenland and Arctic Canada are called Eskimos

North American reindeer

Indians of Central America

the narrow body of water that links the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific's Bering Sea

the most famous Indians who lived in Mexico

a Viking from Norway who founded the first European settlement in Greenland