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Wattes 5th Grade - SS - Chapter 2
Wattes 5th Grade - SS - Chapter 2
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Social Studies
5th Grade
09/29/2013

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tundra biome
Definition
Climate that is found along artic coastal areas.
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tundra biome
Definition
This winter season is long and severe. Its temperature range is -22 C to 6C (-10F to 41F)
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tundra biome
Definition
Hudson Bay region; Greenland Cost; Northern Siberia bordering the Artic Ocean
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tundra biome
Definition
A short mild season exists, but not a true summer season.
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Alpine biome
Definition
Highland climates are cool to cold, found in mountains and high plateaus.
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Alpine biome
Definition
Climates change rapidly on mountains, becoming colder the higher the altitude gets.
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Alpine biome
Definition
The climate of the highland area is closely related to the climate of the surrounding biome.
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Native Americans
Definition
First people to live in North America
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origin stories
Definition
What did Native Americans tell to explain where they came from?
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Asia
Definition
Native Americans migrated to North America from what continent?
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migration routes
Definition
Paths that Native Americans took to their new homes in North and South America
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adapt
Definition
Changing ideas and ways of living to fit a new situation, such as a new environment.
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Origin stories
Definition
Tales that explain how the Earth and its people came to be.
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environments
Definition
Places where Native Americans settled that had water, land, animals, plants, and other natural resources.
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False
Definition
True or False: Native American groups all settled in the same environment
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True
Definition
True or False: Scientists tell us that the first Native Americans migrated to the Americas from another part of the world.
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True
Definition
True or False: Native Americans used the natural resources around them to adapt to the environment.
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True
Definition
Many Native American groups told origin stories
Term
A. a basket woven from grass

Grass is scarce in the Arctic ice fields where winters are long and the land is frozen most of the year.
Definition
Which of these items is LEAST likely to have been made by the Inuit as they adapted to their environment?

A. a basket woven from grass
B. snow goggles made from bone
C. an igloo built out of ice and snow
D. a seal-skin float
Term
C. origin story
Definition
Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?
A. forest
B. deer and rabbits
C. origin story
D. animal skins
Term
A. by land from northeast Asia, across a land bridge to North America, and then into South America
Definition
Which of the following best describes what most scientists believe to be the migration route of most Native Americans?

A. by land from northeast Asia, across a land bridge to North America, and then into South America
B. by sea across the Pacific Ocean to North and South America
C. by land from South America and then into North America
D. by sea from Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, and into North and South America
Term
D. Native Americans settled in all of these environments.
Definition
In which of these environments did Native Americans choose to settle?
A. Arctic ice fields
B. mountains
C. deserts
D. Native Americans settled in all of these environments.
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C. across a land bridge from Asia
Definition
What route do scientists believe a Native American might have taken in his migration to North America?
A. across the Atlantic Ocean
B. by land from Central America
C. across a land bridge from Asia
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True
Definition
True or False: People living in desert areas must often dig wells and ditches to get enough water for drinking and raising crops.
Term
D. all of the above
Definition
In the Hopi origin story,
A. humans were created to keep birds company.
B. in the beginning, the Earth was covered with water.
C. humans climbed a ladder that led to the Earth’s surface.
D. all of the above
Term
D. all of the above
Definition
How did the Inuits, shown in this picture, adapt to the environment?
A. They filled seal skins with air to use as floats.
B. They sewed animal skins together for clothing, blankets, and tents.
C. They placed heavy stones at the bottom of tents to keep them in place.
D. all of the above
Term
goddesses
Definition
Female spirits who control parts of the world are called
Term
migration
Definition
a movement of people from one country or area of the world to a new home in a new country or area
Term
migrants
Definition
people who move from one country or area of the world to a new home in a new country or area
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big game
Definition
large animals who are hunted for their flesh skins, and other valuable body parts
Term
mammoth, bison (buffalo), caribou (deer)
Definition
name a couple "big game" animals
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adaptations
Definition
changes in a way life that allow people to survive in a particular environment.
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driftwood
Definition
wood that has washed up onto the shores of the rivers or oceans
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