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20 Cards in this Set
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When news of Columbus's discovery reached Europe, most people thought that
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the Americas were islands near Asia
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What name did Cartier give to the area he explored?
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New France
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The name "Canada" comes from an Indian word for
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village
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Which cartographer first used the names: "North America" and "South America"?
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Gerardus Mercator
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An area that shares a common feature is called a
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region
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The term "Anglo-America" refers to an area with
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British heritage
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The name "Latin America" comes from
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the language of the Roman Empire
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Why does Latin America have an Iberian heritage?
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the colonists came from Portugal & Spain
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The treeless ground in northern Canada is called
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tundra
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The horseshoe-shaped region that stretches south from the Arctic Ocean is
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the Canadian Shield
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What is the world's largest chain of lakes?
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the Great Lakes
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How many seasons do the tropics usually have?
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two
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Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean form a region called
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Middle America
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What is the longest chain of mountains in the world?
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the Andes
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Most of the Amazon Basin is covered by
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rain forest
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What is the longest river in the Americas?
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the Amazon
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The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn form the border of the
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tropic zone
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What is a level area raised above the surrounding land?
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a plateau
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Cold areas near the North and South Poles are called the
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frigid zone
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The Americas were named after
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Vespucci
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