People
Incas
what is it called when the ground is permanently frozen?
Permafrost
a large mass of ice that flows slowly over land
glacier
The world's largest island
Greenland
the world's largest bay
Hudson Bay
People who live in Greenland or the Canadian Artic
Mayas
A Strait
the movement of a group of people or animals from one part of the world to the next
Migration
the area between the North Pole and the Northern Timberline
Artic
the world's largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Who is known as America's greatest storyteller?
Will Rogers
The setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive
Habitat
the people of Central America who had one of the most advanced early civilization of the Western Hemisphere
The Mayas
the third largest continent
North America
the record of what happened to mankind
History
One of America's greatest athletes
Jim Thorpe
The treeless Artic plains North of the Timberline
Tundra
the narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska
Bering Straight
the region containing North and South America
The Western Hemisphere
Smallest and coldest ocean
Artic ocean
Who was the famous English missionary to the Canadian Inuits and their neighbors?
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
The oldest and largest trees in the world
conifers
Double question:
1. the point beyond which no trees can grow
2. trees that do not lose their leaves
1. Timberline
2. Evergreens
Highest peak in North America
Mt. McKinley
Double question:
1. this is a long, hooded jacket made of different types of fur
2. this animal has shaped the landscape of North America more than any other animal
1. Parka
2. Beaver