SA Social Studies Ch. 1-2
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36 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Migration | THe movement of a group of people or animalls from one part of the world to another |
| Bering Strait | Body of water that links the Arctic OCean and the Bering Sea. |
| Habitat | setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive |
| Four Major Oceans | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic |
| North America | Third largest continent |
| Mt. McKinley | Highest Peak in North America |
| Culture | A people's unique way of life |
| Mississippi River | North America's largest river |
| Greenland | World's largest island and is almost completely covered in ice |
| Central America | is a strip of land that connects North and South America |
| The Indes | this was named because Columbus thought he had landed on the islands in Asia |
| 3 indian groups that lived south of North America | Inca, Maya, Aztecs |
| Archipeligo | A group of islands |
| Gulf of Mexico | the world's largest gulf |
| Hudson Bay | World's largest bay |
| Arctic | This is where the North Pole lies |
| Glaciers | large masses of ice that flow slowly over land, break off into the water to form icebergs |
| Aurora Borealis | another name for the northern lights |
| Seal fur | this is important because it provided people of the Arctic with clothingm food, light, and heat. |
| Permafrost | permantly frozen ground |
| Arctic tern | seabird that migrates farther than any other bird |
| ptarmigan | An arctic bird that has feathers on its feet that act like smowshoes |
| lemmings | little rodents four or five inches long that look like fat, round mice |
| Eskimos | people of Northern Alaska |
| Inuits | people of Greenland and Arctic Canada means "the people" |
| Dog sleds | transportaiton in the Arctic |
| Kayaks | boats used by people of the Arctic |
| Sir Wilfred Grenfell | Missionary who went to the Canadian Inuits |
| Conifers | the oldest and largest trees in the world |
| Evergreens | the trees are conifers are keep their leaves all year long |
| Taiga or Boreal Forest | the vast forest that covers much of Alaska and Nothern Canada |
| Paper Birch | this bark was used by indians to make canoes and baskets |
| Beavers | this animal ha done more than any other animal to shape the landscape of the North AMerican continent |
| Eagles | the most powerful and largest bird in the world |
| Cree, Ottawa, Yellowknife, Beaver, Ojibwa | the 5 Indian tribes of the Far North |
| tundra | the treeless Arctic plains north of the timberline |
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