HISTORY CHAPTER 5 CHECKUP

MAP LOCATIONS:

YUKON RIVER MADERIRA RIVER BERING STRAIT

RIO DE LA PLATA COLORADO RIVER GREAT BEAR LAKE

ST. LAWRENCE RIVER SNAKE RIVER WEST INDIES

OHIO RIVER MISSOURI RIVER BAY OF CAMPECHE

COLUMBIA RIVER MISSISSIPPI RIVER STRAIT OF MEGELLAN

PARANA RIVER ORINOCO RIVER BAJA CALIFORNIA

ARKANSAS RIVER MACKENZIE RIVER VICTORIA ISLAND

AMAZON RIVER RIO GRANDE ROCKY MOUNTAIN

MEXICO HUDSON BAY GULF OF MEXICO

ATACAMA DESSERT BAFFIN ISLAND ANDES MOUNTAIN

GREAT SALT LAKE CAPE HORN GREAT LAKES

MOUNT MCKINLEY GREAT SLAVE LAKE YUCATAN PENINSULA

CARRIBBEAN SEA APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND

DEFINITIONS:

1. PRAIRIE

2. TUMBLEWEEK

3. PRAIRIE DOG

4. OZARKS

5. BLACK HILLS

6. MOUNT RUSHMORE

7. BADLANDS

8. MESABI RANGE

9. BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN

10. TEPEE

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

1. NAME THE MOST IMPORTANT ANIMAL TO THE PLAINS INDIANS AND TELL WHY.

2. NAME THE PLAINS INDIANS FAVORITE ANIMAL FOR HUNTING AND EATING.

3. WHAT IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE U.S. AND CHIEF TRIBUTARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI?

4. WHAT ARE THE TWO PENINSULAS GUARDING THE ENTRANCE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO?

WHO AM I?

1. SIOUX MEDICINE MAN AND CHIEF; WINNER OF THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN

2. U.S. ARMY GENERAL WHO LOST THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN

3. PLAINS INDIANS NAMED FOR THEIR BLACK MOCCASINS

4. PLAINS INDIANS WHO FORMED A CONFEDERACY AND SPREAD ALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS; NAME MEANS “FRIENDS” OR “ALLLIES”

5. NAME GIVEN TO THE DAKOTA MEANING “SNAKES IN THE GRASS”

6. PLAINS INDIANS ONCE SKILLED IN POTTERY MAKING AND CLOTH WEAVING

WRITE THE TERM FOR EACH DEFINITION:

1. THE CHIEF RIVER OF NORTH AMERICA AND LARGEST RIVER IN THE U.S.

2. SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

3. WORLD’S LARGEST GULF

4. LARGEST ISLAND OF THE WEST INDIES

5. AN IMPORTANT ATLANTIC CURRENT WHOSE SOURCE IS THE GULF OF MEXICO