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34 Cards in this Set
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Name two products raised in the 1700's by settlers from Spain.
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Cattle-sheep-corn.
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What is WEATHERING? |
The process of wearing down or change that occurs from being exposed to harsh climate. |
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What is EROSION? |
The process of stripping away rock and soil from the surface of the Earth and moving them someplace else.
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What is a GLACIER? |
Huge sheets of ice that move southward from the Artic like bulldozers, scrapping dirt and rocks from one place and pushing them to another place.
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How tall must a land mass be to be called a mountain? |
At least 2,000 feet above sea level. |
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Name three types if materials the Native Americans used to build their shelters.
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Animal hides
Timber Mud and straw Raw trees-poles Bark |
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Name three of the tribes of Native Americans.
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Hopi-Sioux-Chinook-Makah-Navajo-Cheyenne-Seneca-Shawnee-Miami-Arapaho-Omaha-Comanche.
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What did the Native Americans eat?
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Deer-buffalo-fish-corn-nuts-berries-beans-whales-seals.
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Where was Amerigo Vespucci going?
How long was he at sea? |
He was trying to find South America.
He was at sea for 3 months. |
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Name the major regions of the United States.
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Northwest
Southwest Great Plains Eastern Woodlands |
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Where was Christopher Columbus going?
How long was he at sea? |
Trying to find the West Indies.
He was at sea fro 2 months and 9 days. |
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Are the Great Lakes a natural or artificial boundary? |
A natural boundary. |
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Name two of the raw materials found in the 1700's by settlers from England.
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Wood products-iron. |
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What materials did the Native Americans use to make their clothing?
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Animal Hides
Cotton Bark Furs |
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Name two raw materials found in the 1700's by settlers from France.
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Iron-furs-indigo. |
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What name is used to refer to the five lakes that form a boundary between Canada and the United States? |
The Great Lakes. |
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Name the major mountain ranges of North America. |
Rockies
Sierra Nevada Appalachians |
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Where was Vasco da Gama going?
How long was he at sea? |
He was trying to find India.
He was at sea for 10 months. |
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Name the area of land that is on the northwestern boundary of Canada and the country that owns if.
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Alaska, owned by the United States. |
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Where was Hernando Cortes going?
How long did he take? |
He searched Mexico for Spain,looking for gold.
He took 35 days. |
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What ocean borders the east side of the United States and Canada? |
The Altantic Ocean. |
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What is the longest river in North America? |
Mississippi River |
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Where was Vasco Nunez de Balboa going?
How long was he at sea? |
He was charting the Pacific Ocean.
He was at sea for 32 days. |
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What ocean borders the west side of North America? |
The Pacific Ocean. |
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Name a major plateau in North America. |
Colorado Plateau. |
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Name two raw materials found in the 1700's by settlers from Spain.
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Wood products-indigo-gold-silver. |
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What river runs along the present-day boundary of the United States and Mexico? |
The Rio Grande River |
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Name two products raised in the 1700's by settlers from France.
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Cattle-corn-hemp-rice-swine.
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Where was Ponce de Leon going?
How long did he take? |
He searched Florida for the fountain of youth.
He took 24 days. |
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Which group of early settlers relied most heavily on gold and silver mining? |
The French. |
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What group of early colonists relied most heavily on farming? |
The English. |
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What is the large body of water that lies between Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean?
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The Gulf of Mexico. |
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What ocean is north of Canada? |
The Arctic Ocean. |
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Name two products raised in the 1700's by settlers from England. |
Tobacco-cattle-corn-wheat- swine-sheep-rice
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