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| How many continents are there? |
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| Name the seven continents. |
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| North America; South America; Africa; Asia; Australia; Antarctica; Europe |
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| The land mass that includes both Europe and Asia is called: |
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| Name the eight geographic regions of North America. |
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| Canadian Shield, Coastal Range, Basin and Range, Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, Interior Lowlands, Appalachian Mountains, and Coastal Plain. |
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
• Broad lowland providing many excellent harbors |
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama
• Old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America) |
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Name the geographic region described:
• Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape
• Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
• Holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America |
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains
• Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills |
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains
• Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward; grasslands |
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range
• Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico; high elevations
• Contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of |
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Name the geographic region described:
• Located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades
• some small mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America |
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Name the geographic region described:
• Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada
• Fertile valleys |
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| This ocean served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants. |
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| This river was the gateway to the west. |
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| Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along these lakes. |
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| These rivers were the transportation arteries for farm and industrial products. They were links to ports and other parts of the world. |
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| The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers |
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| This river was explored by Lewis and Clark. |
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| This river was explored by the Spanish. |
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| This river forms the border with Mexico. |
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| This body of water provided the French and Spanish with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of America |
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| These American Indians lived in present-day Alaska and northern Canada. They lived in Arctic areas where the temperature is below freezing much of the year. |
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| These Indians lived in the Pacific Northwest coast, where the climate was rainy and mild. |
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| These Indians lived on the Great Plains. This region, which is covered by dry grasslands, is in the interior part of the United States. |
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| These Indians lived in the Southwest in present-day New Mexico and Arizona, where they lived in desert areas and areas bordering cliffs and mountains |
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| These Indians lived in the heavily forested Eastern Woodland in the Northeast. |
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| What factors greatly affected the way each of the American Indian groups lived, found food, and built shelters? |
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| What did Iroquois Indians of the Eastern Woodland use to build their homes? |
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| Which Indian group lived in teepees made from buffalo skin? |
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| Why did European countries compete for power in North America? |
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Reasons for exploration
• Economic—Gold, natural resources, and trade
• Religious—Spread of Christianity
• Competitions for empire and belief in superiority of own culture |
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| What were the obstacles faced by the explorers? |
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• Poor maps and navigational tools
• Disease/starvation
• Fear of unknown
• Lack of supplies |
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| What were the accomplishments of the explorations? |
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• Exchanged goods and ideas
• Improved navigational tools and ships
• Claimed territories |
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| What regions of North America were explored and settled by France? |
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Samuel de Champlain established the French settlement of Quebec.
Robert La Salle claimed the Mississippi River Valley |
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| What regions of North America were explored and settled by Spain? |
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| Francisco Coronado claimed southwest United States for Spain. |
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| What regions of North America were explored and settled by England? |
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| One of the first explorers sent by England was John Cabot. He explored eastern Canada. Later, various groups from England settled the 13 colonies. |
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| Who claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France? |
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| Who explored eastern Canada for England? |
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