1: Geography of the US
What are Latitude and Longitude?
They are ways to define certain locations.
Latitude is horizontal (sleeping line)
Longitude is vertical (standing line)
Where did the Native Americans come from?
Siberia
How many different regions are there?
double points if you name them
7: California Intermountain, Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, Plateau, Northwest Coast, Southeast, and Southwest
What is the tool that the modern day compass was based off of
Astrolabe
Why did Columbus sail to the Americas?
To find a shorter route to Asia
The following continents are in which hemisphere: Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa
Eastern
What were Native Americans following that led them to the Americas?
Mamoths (their food)
Which region was known for having the first apartments (Pueblos)
The Southwest
Which religion would European explorers come to the Americas to spread?
Christianity
Who are the 2 explorers that found rivers and named them.
Henry Hudson and Jacques Cartier(Hudson River and Saint Lawrence)
Name and describe at least 4 different types of landforms
Mountains, source, river, mouth, bay, plain, hill, peninsula, island, delta, gulf, cape, sea, tributary, lake, or valley
What are the 4 environments in the Americas
Grasslands, Mountains, Arctic, and Desert
Northwest coast
What were the 3 motives European Explorers would come to the Americas for?
Claiming land, Spreading Religion, and Making Money
Which explorer was looking for gold, and when he found out that the Native Americans lied to him he went back and killed them?
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
List 3 different types of maps and explain what they measure
Population, Physical, and Climate
Some Native Americans ended up in South America and others in North America. What are these different patterns called?
Migration routes
Which region was known as the most artistic and why.
California Intermountain because the pomos would make beads out of seashells, string them along thread, and wear them as necklaces of currency
What is a cash crop and give an example
A crop that grows in abundance and can be sold quickly due to high demand ex. Tobacco
Which explorer went down the entire Mississippi river and named the last state Louisiana, and how did he die?
Robert de la Salle and his own men turned on him
A cartographer
List 3 different ways Inuits used animals to survive in the arctic
Filled seal skin with air and used it a s a float. Animal bones for snow glasses, house frames, tools, etc. Animal skin for clothing and house walls. Meat for eating. Fat for fuel.
Plateau
How would Native Americans use tobacco?
In ceremonial practices
Which explorer went off to try and find the fountain of youth?
Juan Ponce de Leon