REVIEW FOR 4 ½ WEEK TEST

What Am I? & Who Am I?October 2011

S. Grey

WHAT AM I?

• COME DIRECTLY FROM NATURE

I AM

• NATURAL RESOURCES

WHAT AM I?

• The canoes, bows, and spears were examples

I AM

• CAPITAL RESOURCES

WHAT AM I?

• Study human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of artifacts.

I AM

• ARCHAEOLOGY

WHAT AM I?

• The American Indians had to rely on the materials around them to meet their basic needs.

I AM

• GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE

What Am I?

• Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains

• Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward

• Grasslands

I Am…

• The Great Plains

What Am I?

• Holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America

• Hills worn by erosion• Hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers• Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe

shape

I Am…

• Canadian Shield

What Am I?

• Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

• Broad lowland providing many excellent harbors

I Am…

• Coastal Plain

Who Am I?

• Relied on geography and climate for food, clothing, and shelter

• Lived in a rainy, mild climate• Inhabited the Pacific Northwest Coast

I Am…

• Kwakiutl

Kwakiutl Fisherman

What Am I?

• Located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada's and the Cascades

• Area of varying elevation containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America

I Am…

• The Basin and Range Region

Who Am I?

• Relied on geography and environment for food, clothing, and shelter

• Inhabited the southwest in present day New Mexico and Arizona

• Lived in desert areas bordering cliffs and mountains

I Am…

• Pueblo

What Am I?

• Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains

• Rolling flat lands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills

I Am…

• Interior Lowlands Region

Who Am I?

• Relied on geography and climate for food, clothing, and shelter

• Inhabited present day Alaska and Northern Canada

• Lived in Arctic areas where the temperature is below freezing much of the year

I Am…

• Inuit

What Am I?

• Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range

• Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico

• High elevations• Contain the Continental Divide, which

determines the directional flow of rivers

I Am…

• Rocky Mountain Region

What Am I?

• Located west of the Coastal Plain • Extends from eastern Canada to western

Alabama• Old, eroded mountains• Oldest mountain range in North America

I Am…

• Appalachian Mountain region

Who Am I?

• Relied on geography and climate for food, clothing, and shelter

• Inhabited the interior of the United States• Great Plains• Dry grasslands

I Am…

• Lakota

What Am I?

• Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast• Stretch from California to Canada• Contains fertile valleys

I Am…

• The Coastal Range region

Who Am I?

• Relied on geography and climate for food, clothing, and shelter

• Inhabited Northeast North America• Heavily forested• Eastern Woodland

I Am…

• Iroquois

What Am I?

• Imaginary lines that run around the Earth from North to South

I am…….• Longitude

What am I?

• Imaginary lines that run around the Earth from East to West

I am…….

• Latitude

What am I?

• Large Land mass surrounded by water

I am………

Continents

What am I?

• Is considered a continent even though it is not entirely surrounded by water. The land mass is frequently called Eurasia.

I am…….

• Europe

What am I?

• Large body of water

I am…….

The OceansArctic Ocean

Pacific OceanPacific Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Southern Ocean

What am I?

• Served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants

I am…….• The Atlantic Ocean

What am I?

• Were the transportation arteries/life lines for farm and industrial products. They were also links to other parts of the world.

I am…..Mississippi River• The Mississippi and

Missouri Rivers

Missouri River

What am I?

•Was explored by the Spanish

I am…….

The Colorado River

What am I?

• I form the border with Mexico

I am……..

• The Rio Grande River

What am I?

• I was a gateway to the west

I am……..

• The Ohio River

What am I?

• I provided the French and Spanish with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of America.

I am……

• The Gulf of Mexico

What am I?

• is located on the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia.

I am…….

• Cactus Hill

An archaeologist excavating at Cactus Hill

What am I?

• Items found at Cactus Hillprovide archaeologists with evidenceabout the people who used to live

there.These stone tools date back about

15,000 years.

I am…….• Artifacts