Early Peoples of North America
This word describes the movement of people from place to place.
What is migration?
This strait separates Russia and Alaska.
What is the Bering Strait?
This is the third largest continent.
What is North America?
This state is home to the Everglades.
What is Florida?
This city is the capital of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
This ancient people built pyramids in Central America.
Who were the Mayas?
This narrow land bridge links North America and South America.
What is Central America (or the Isthmus of Panama)?
This ocean borders the east coast of North America.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island are part of this U.S. region.
What is New England?
Quebec City is found in this province.
What is Quebec?
This empire once ruled much of Mexico before the Spanish arrived.
Who were the Aztecs?
Columbus believed he had reached the Indies, so he called the people living here by this name.
Who are Indians?
This is the world’s largest bay, found in Canada.
What is Hudson Bay?
Cotton is mainly grown in this region of the United States.
What is the Southeast?
This frozen ground covers much of northern Canada.
What is permafrost?
Early Indians used every part of this animal - for food, tools, and clothing.
What is the buffalo?
This word means the written record of mankind’s past.
What is history?
This mountain in Alaska is North America’s tallest peak.
What is Mount McKinley (Denali)?
Silver deposits are found only in this part of the United States.
What is the Northwest?
The Yukon, Northwest, and Nunavut are these.
What are Canadian territories?
These portable cone-shaped homes moved easily with the Plains Indians.
What are Teepees?
This word names the study of Earth’s surface.
What is geography?
These are the two major mountain chains of North America.
What are the Rockies and the Appalachians?
On the economic map of the U.S., this region shows the greatest manufacturing activity.
What is the Northeast?
This geographic feature allowed migration from Asia to North America.
What is the Bering Strait?