World Map
What is the largest continent?
Asia
What line is at 0 degrees LONGITUDE?
Prime Meridian
Why did Native Americans cross the land bridge?
To follow "big game"
Why did the Age of Exploration begin?
Europeans were looking for trade routes to Asia
How many hemispheres are there?
FOUR
What is the largest ocean?
Pacific Ocean
What line is a 0 degrees LATITUDE
Equator
Most early Native Americans settled in places that had...
a. scarce resources
b. rain and snow
c. many natural resources
d. huge sheets of ice
c. many natural resources
Why did explorers plant flags?
To claim land for their country
valleys
What is the only continent that is located in four hemispheres?
Africa
What is the name for a piece of land that juts out into water (ex: Florida)
Peninsula
How did natural resources affect cultures of Native Americans?
They influenced what they are, what shelters they built, and what type of clothes they wore.
What were the three artifacts that were motivations for the explorers?
Bible, flag and gold/silver
Deserts, Grasslands, Mountains and Arctic Ice Fields
Name ALL 7 continents
Asia, Europe, Antarctica, Africa, North America, Australia and South America
What is the smaller version of a gulf?
Name at least THREE of the seven Native American Cultural Regions
Eastern Woodlands, Southwest, Southeast, Great Plains, California Intermountain, Northwest Coast, Plateau
What were the three artifacts that was technology for the explorers?
compass, maps, and astrolabe
What are two impacts Europeans were most known for?
claiming land, spreading disease, establishing settlements, killing Native Americans, and updating maps
Name ALL 5 oceans
Pacific, Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Southern
What are the two largest mountain ranges in North America?
Rocky mountains and Appalachian mountains
Do Native Americans still live in the United States?
YES!!!
What were the three artifacts that were products for the explorers?
new foods and cash crops
What natural resource was really important to the people living in the Great Plains?
Buffalo