Chpt 1-2 New World History

One of America's greatest Athletes

The record of what happened to mankind

The animal that has shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal is the caribou.

Missionary to Canada's Inuit peoples

The cold, northern woods are known as the _______________, meaning forest.

The 3rd largest continent

World's Largest Gulf

Setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive

The______ divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.

The Tropic of Capricorn lays above the Equator.

Smallest, Coldest Ocean

"America's Greatest Storyteller"

The Study of the Earth

A long, hooded jacket made of different types of fur is called a parka.

The people who live in Greenland and the Canadian Arctic call themselves

Way of life for a group of people

The two continents found in the Western Hemisphere are

North America's Highest Peak

The most famous Indians who lived near Mexico were the

_____________ are large masses of ice that flow slowly over land.

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

The World's Largest Island

The permanently frozen ground is called ______________.

The World's Largest Bay

The ___ is the point beyond which trees can grow because of extreme cold, type of soil, and other factors.

The Tropic of Capricorn lays below the Equator.

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

Movement of a group of people or animals from one place to another