Geography of the Americas
This is the longest river in North America
What is the Mississippi?
This body of water separates Europe from Africa
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Native Americans often lived by these to make farming easier
What are rivers?
This grassy material was used to cover lodges and make roofs.
What is thatch
This party was held for weddings and other events, and could last weeks.
What is a potlach?
This Native American region stretches across the center of what is now the United States
What is the Great Plains?
This country is shaped like a boot
What is Italy?
These crops are considered the "three sisters"
What are corn, beans, and squash
This material was used to make canoes and cover wigwams for those in the Northeast region
What is birch bark?
Native American tribes were often different from last names today as they were traced through the _______ clan
What is a mother?
This mountain range stretches across South America and was home to much of Inca territory
What are the Andes Mountains?
Europe has several of these types of land forms that are surrounded by water on three sides
What are penninsulas?
This type of farming was used by the Inca to adapt to the mountainous terrain.
What is terrace farming?
This type of shell was carved into beads that were even used as currency at one point
What are wampum?
This game was often played by native American children
What is stickball?
This Native American region has a mild climate all year long, lots of lush forests, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Pacific Northwest Region?
Africans crossed this desert using camels during the salt and gold trade
What is the Sahara?
The Inca irrigated land for farming using these
What are aquaducts?
This plant material was used to make clothing in the southwest, but was not eaten.
What is the yucca plant?
In the great plains, natives would enter these for days in search of a vision or a visit from the spirits
What are sweat lodges?
This land bridge connected the continents of Asia and North America long ago
What is the Beringia Strait?
This mountain range separates the continent of Europe from the rest of Asia
What are the Ural Mountains?
The Aztecs used floating gardens since they lived on a lake, they were called
The name of shoes made from animal hides used by almost all tribes.
These were built around tribes in the Southeast to protect them
Palisades