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Abeka 9th Grade World Geography Chapter 6

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World's largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
World's largest island
Greenland
Highest point in North America
Mt. McKinley
World's largest prairie
Great Plains
North America's largest river
Mississippi River
Lowest point in North America
Death Valley
World's largest canyon
Grand Canyon
World's largest freshwater lake in surface area
Lake Superior
North America's largest inland body of salt water
Great Salt Lake
longest inland seaway in the world
St. Lawrence Seaway
Italian explorer who sailed west from Spain and landed in the West Indies by 1492
Christopher Columbus
Northern Canada's people who built igloos
Inuit
French man who founded Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
Someone from Quebec
Quebecois
French Indian tribe
Metis
French who first settled Nova Scotia
Acadians
Doctor who went to Labrador to work as a medical missionary
Wilfred Grenfell
Presbyterian missionary of Ontario who went to China. Probably the most famous Canadian missionary
Jonathan Goforth
a.k.a. Royal Canadian Mounted Police established to patrol Canada's Northwest Territory
Mounties
Tribe that makes up the second largest American Indian tribe in the United States today
Navajo
American Indians
Amerindians
Powerful empire of Amerindians who ruled over the modern Mexico area
Aztecs
Aztec emperor
Montezuma
Spanish conquistador who discovered Mexico and conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
People of mixed Spanish-Indian descent who make up majority of Mexican people
Mestizos
Builders of one of the earliest pre-Columbian empires in America who lived in the area of the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala
Maya
Communists that took over Nicaragua during the civil war, went against the Contras.
Sandinistas
Freedom fighters that successfully opposed the Sandinistas
Contras
Cuban Communist dictator
Fidel Castro
U.S dominant language and religion
English and Protestant
Cuba dominant language and religion
Spanish and Roman Catholic
Belize dominant language and religion
English and Roman Catholic
Mexico dominant language and religion
Spanish and Roman Catholic
Bahamas dominant language and religion
English and Baptist
Body of water that separates Russia and Alaska, USA.
Bering Strait
One of the regions of Canada, saucer shaped basin surrounding Hudson Bay
Canadian Shield
Canada's longest river
Mackenzie River
Canada's northern coast that sprawls out across the Arctic Ocean
Arctic Archipelago
A rich fishing ground found near Newfoundland
Grand Banks
Between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and is famous for having some of the highest tide in the world
Bay of Fundy
Important city in Quebec, Canada. Not the capital
Montreal
Canada's largest city and capital of Ontario
Toronto
Capital of Manitoba
Winnipeg
"Canada's Gateway to the Pacific"
Vancouver
Canada's highest peak
Mount Logan
The largest lake located entirely in Canada
Great Bear Lake
Deepest lake in North America and feeds into the Mackenzie River and the Great Bear Lake
Great Slave Lake
One of Canada's Northwest Territories, governed by the Inuit, capital is Iqaluit
Nunavet
"at the foot of the mountains" plateau, east of the Appalachians
Piedmont Plateau
Peninsula in the US that is surrounded by Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie
Michigan
Highest peak in the contiguous United States
Mount Whitney
Deepest canyon in the US
Hells Canyon
Archipelago of tiny islands near Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Middle America's highest peak
Pico de Orizaba
Middle America's longest river
Rio Grande
Archipelago north of Cuba and east of Florida usually included with the West Indies
The Bahamas
A small group of islands in the Atlantic often identified with the Caribbean
Bermuda
Desert that covers the Northwest of Middle America, including Baja California
Sonoran Desert
Desert that covers south of the Rio Grande
Chihuahuan Desert
Border city between San Diego, California and Mexico. Now manufactures more tv sets than anywhere else in the world
Tijuana
Border city between El Paso, Texas and Mexico
Ciudad Juarez
The first European city in the Americas
Isabela
Bay where the US has a navy base to watch over the Caribbean Sea and the Panama Canal
Guantanamo Bay
Smallest Canadian province
Prince Edward Island
Largest Canadian province
Quebec
Canadian Province with the largest population
Ontario
Canada's Breadbasket
Saskatchewan
Canada's only Pacific Province
British Columbia
Canada's "French Province"
Quebec
Province separated from New Brunswick by Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
Canadian Province with the most oil
Alberta
Province in Canada that includes Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick. Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island
Atlantic Provinces
Province in Canada that includes Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Term that refers to the dominant language in the Middle America area
Latin America
Term that refers to the dominant language of Canada and the US
Anglo-America
The side of the West Indies with the larger islands
Greater Antilles
The side of the West Indies with the smaller islands
Lesser Antilles
Foreign owned businesses in Mexico
maquiladoras
Between Mexico and South America
Central America
Islands thought by Columbus to be the East Indies, includes Cuba and Hispaniola
West Indies
For whom are the continents of the Western Hemisphere named
Amerigo Vespucci
Name the narrow strip of land that once connected North and South America
Isthmus of Panama
What important canal links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in Central America
Panama Canal
Who were the first people to settle in America
Native Americans
What are the 3 largest and most powerful nations of North America
Canada, The United States of America, and Mexico
List the prominent peninsulas of North America
Labrador, Florida, and Alaska
Which nation has the longest coastline
Canada
What is the largest island off Canada's east coast
Newfoundland
What is the largest island off Canada's west coast
Vancouver Island
How do ships on St. Lawrence Seaway bypass Niagara Falls?
They move from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie through the Welland Ship Canal
List the 3 largest religious groups in Canada
Roman Catholic, United Church, and Anglican Church
Name the prominent range of low mountains in the Eastern United States
Appalachian Mountains
List the Great Lakes
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
What mountain system is called the "Backbone of North America"
Rocky Mountains
North America's largest desert area and where is it located
Great Basin located in the West
What river flows through the Grand Canyon and where does it end
Colorado River and it ends at the Gulf of California
What national park was the first in the world to be set aside for preservation of nature and wildlife
Yellowstone National Park
Mountain ranges that border the Mexican Plateau
Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental
Largest lake in Central America
Lake Nicaragua
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