Map Masteries
Half a sphere is called____________________.
Hemisphere
History is the the______________________.
The most famous Indians in Mexico
Aztecs
What is the point beyond which trees cannot grow?
A one-man boat constructed of sealskin stretched over a frame.
Kayak
There are two ways to divide the earth into hemispheres. The line that divides the globe what is this called_________________.
Equator
Geography is the study of_______________.
Earth's surface
A Viking from Norway who founded the first European settlement in Greenland
Erik the Red
Give another name for the northern lights.
aurora borealis
Long, hooded jackets made of fur
The area between the equator and the North Pole is called____________________.
Northern Hemisphere
Bearing Strait
Double Jeopardy
the narrow body of water that links the Artic Ocean to the Pacific's Bearing Sea and separates Russia from Alaska.
The native people of the northern Alaska
Eskimos
Give another name for "taiga"
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
boreal forest
thick-layer of fat found on fur seals
blubber
The southern half of the earth, between the equator and the South Pole, is called the________________.
Southern Hemisphere
Western
The native people of Greenland and Arctic Canada
Inuits
Which ocean is the smallest and coldest in the world?
Arctic
A piece of glacier that has broken off and into the sea
A piece of ice that has broken off and slides down the mountain but never gets into the sea
Tripel Jeopardy
iceberg
glacier
The Northern Hemisphere contains most of the world's __________ __________.
Double Jeopardy
Land Masses
Migration
The movement of a group of people or animals from one part of the world to another.
One of America's greatest athletes
Jim Thorpe
What is the world's largest gulf?
Permanently frozen ground
Permafrost