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Chapter One
History of America
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History
5th Grade
09/13/2009

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1.1 History
Definition
History is the record of what has happened to mankind. It is the true story of what man has done with the time God has given him.
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1.2 Geography
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 The study of the earth including all the continents, islands, oceans, rivers, mountians,and plains that God created. The study of animals and their inhabitants, as well as people and their cultures is also part of geography.
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1.3 New World
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 The continents and islands of the Western Hemisphere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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     1.4 Western Hemisphere
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The half of earth comprising North America,Central America, and South America.  

 

 

 

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1.5 Migration
Definition
The movement of a group of people or animals moving from one part of the world to the other. 
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    1.6 Bering Strait
Definition
The narrow body of water that link the  Artic ocean to the Pacific Bering Sea and separates Russia from Alaska  is called the Bering Srait. 
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  1.7 Strait
Definition

 A narrow body that connects two bodies of water.

 

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  1.8  Habitat
Definition
 Setting in which certain of plants and animals thrive.
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  1.9 Culture
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 A given people or nation at a given time ; its costoms, arts, conveniences, etc.
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1.10 North America
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  Is the third largest continent.

 

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    1.11 Mt. McKinley
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      The largest peak in North America,has an    altitude of 20,320 feet above sea level.
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  1.12 Hudson Bay
Definition
  The largest bay.
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1.13 Gulf of Mexico
Definition
 The worlds largest gulf.
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1.14 Mississippi River
Definition
 North America's longest river, provides hundreds of miles of waterway from its beginnings near the Canadian-American  border to its mouth at the Gulp of Mexico.
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2.7 Greenland
Definition
Worlds largest island.
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  2.8 Tundra
Definition
The treeless artic plains north of the timberline form a region.
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2.9 Frigid zone
Definition
Are the coldest regions of the earth.
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2.10 Permafrost
Definition
  Permanantly frozen ground.
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2.11 Arctic tern
Definition
A sea bird that migrates farther than any other bird.
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2.12 Lemmings
Definition
Little rodents 4 or 5 inches longthat look like fat, round mice.
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2.13 Inuits
Definition
A word which means "the people".
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