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