Geography
What is the waterway that separates Alaska from Russia? For extra points, find it on a map.
What is the Bering Strait?
Using manmade elements to bring water to dry land. Bonus points: Why is this done?
What is irrigation?
A time period when the earth froze into ice. Bonus: What happened to life on earth during this time?
What is the Ice Age?
A group of Christians who lived simply. They came to North America for religious freedom.
What are Quakers?
A flat landform with steep sides. Bonus points: What is another word for this?
What is a mesa?
Objects made by people that are studied to learn about how people lived in the past.
What is an artifact?
The practice of people owning other people and forcing them to work.
What is slavery?
A group of Christians who wanted to separate from the Church of England.
Who are the Puritans?
A large piece of ice.
What is a glacier?
Producing more than what is needed. Bonus: Use this word in a sentence relating to your life.
What is a surplus?
A payment demanded of people by a ruler, usually valuable goods.
What is a tribute?
A person who journeys from one place to another for a religious purpose.
What is a pilgrim?
A large area of land where control of the land and people is by one ruler or governement.
What is an Empire?
A long period of time with no rain.
What is a drought?
The capitol of the Aztec empire. Bonus: What country is this in today?
What is Tenochtitlan?
A person who agrees to work for a period of time in exchange for passage to a new place.
What is an indentured servant?
Materials found in nature that are useful to people. Ex. Timber, water, minerals. Bonus: What are the two kinds of natural resources?
What are natural resources?
Corn, beans, and squash growing together.
What are the "Three Sisters"?
A Spanish conqueror of North and South America.
What is a conquistador?
A person who leaves there country to settle in a new place and remain under the control of their original country.
What is a colonist?