Basic Geography
1. What classic game are coordinates used in?
Battleship
11. Why did cities grow and pop up near large bodies of water?
Move goods
Trade
Create jobs
Attract people
12. When did humans first come to America?
25,000 Years ago
21. What Island did many immigrants come to when coming to America?
Ellis Island
23. Name the three Countries of North America.
Canada, USA, Mexico
2. What is the equator
Line that splits the Earth horizontally
10. Name the 5 Great Lakes. Think H.O.M.E.S
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
13. What did they cross to come to North America?
Berring Land Bridge
22. What kind of jobs do most immigrants work in when they first come to Pittsburgh?
Factory and Low Paying
24. What government does Canada have?
25. What government does USA have?
26. What government does Mexico have?
24. Parliamentary
25. Democratic Republic
26. Federal Republic
3. Longitude lines go
Up and Down
9. Why were rivers and lakes so important to early people living in America?
Provide water and transportation
14. What are the three sisters?
Corn, Beans, Squash
19. Where do many immigrants come from today?
20. Where did many immigrants come from in the 1900’s?
19. Africa and South America
20. Europe
27. Canada is a big seller of _______________________
27. Manufacturing and Mining
4. Latitude lines go
5. What 5 factors make people settle where they do?
Mostly Flat land
A water source
Good farmland
Animals to eat
A place to expand.
15. What kind of lifestyle did Native Americans live before farming?
Hunter Gatherer
17. Name 4 ways settlers moved across America.
Wagon Trains
Hand carts
Horse back
Walking
28. USA is a big seller of ____________________________
28. Retail, Science, Construction, Big seller of Oil
5. Name 2 geographical features of America.
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River
Great Plains
Great Lakes
6. What 5 things limit human movement?
Mountains
Fast Rivers
Oceans
Huge Lakes
Canyons
16. Explain Adaptation.
When people change what they do and how they live based on their location.
18. Name the 5 major killers of Settlers in America.
Disease
Accidents
Weather
Starvation
Native American raids
29. Mexico is a big seller of _____________________________
29. Big sellers are electronics, communication, systems, and energy