Vocabulary
name of the ground that is permanently frozen
permafrost
one of America's greatest athletes
Jim Thorpe
study of the earth
geography
world's largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)
long, hooded jacket made of different types of fur
parka
narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
strait
famous English missionary to the Canadian Inuits and their neighbors
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive
habitat
Hudson Bay
animal that shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal
beaver
treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline
tundra
found Greenland 500 years before Christopher Columbus found the West Indies
Erik the Red
trees that do not lose their leaves
evergreens
name the area between the North Pole and the northern timberline
Arctic
Native Americans in Mexico
Aztecs
vast evergreen forest region covering much of Canada and parts of Alaska
boreal forest
America's Greatest Storyteller
Will Rogers
'way of life' of a group of people
culture
highest peak in North America
Mt. McKinley (Denali)
Native Americans of Central America
Mayas
point beyond which no trees can grow
timberline
people who live in Greenland or the Canadian Arctic call themselves
Inuits
oldest and largest trees in the world
conifers
smallest, coldest ocean
Arctic Ocean
Native Americans of South America
Inca