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| Climate that is found along artic coastal areas. |
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| This winter season is long and severe. Its temperature range is -22 C to 6C (-10F to 41F) |
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| Hudson Bay region; Greenland Cost; Northern Siberia bordering the Artic Ocean |
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| A short mild season exists, but not a true summer season. |
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| Highland climates are cool to cold, found in mountains and high plateaus. |
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| Climates change rapidly on mountains, becoming colder the higher the altitude gets. |
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| The climate of the highland area is closely related to the climate of the surrounding biome. |
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| First people to live in North America |
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| What did Native Americans tell to explain where they came from? |
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| Native Americans migrated to North America from what continent? |
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| Paths that Native Americans took to their new homes in North and South America |
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| Changing ideas and ways of living to fit a new situation, such as a new environment. |
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| Tales that explain how the Earth and its people came to be. |
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| Places where Native Americans settled that had water, land, animals, plants, and other natural resources. |
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| True or False: Native American groups all settled in the same environment |
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| 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 or False: Native Americans used the natural resources around them to adapt to the environment. |
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| Many Native American groups told origin stories |
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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. |
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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 |
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Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?
A. forest
B. deer and rabbits
C. origin story
D. animal skins |
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| A. by land from northeast Asia, across a land bridge to North America, and then into South America |
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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 |
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| D. Native Americans settled in all of these environments. |
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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 |
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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 or False: People living in desert areas must often dig wells and ditches to get enough water for drinking and raising crops. |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Female spirits who control parts of the world are called |
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| a movement of people from one country or area of the world to a new home in a new country or area |
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| 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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| large animals who are hunted for their flesh skins, and other valuable body parts |
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| mammoth, bison (buffalo), caribou (deer) |
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| name a couple "big game" animals |
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| changes in a way life that allow people to survive in a particular environment. |
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| wood that has washed up onto the shores of the rivers or oceans |
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