| A | B |
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| History | the record of what happened to mankind |
| Geography | the study of the earth |
| New World | Western Hemisphere |
| Migration | a movement of a group of people or animals from one part of the world to another |
| Bering Strait | separates Russia from Alaska |
| Habitat | setting in which certain types of plants and animals thrive |
| North America | third largest continent |
| Mt. McKinley | the highest peak in North America |
| Hudson Bay | the world's largest bay |
| Gulf of Mexico | the world's largest gulf |
| Mississippi River | North America's longest river |
| Greenland | the world's largest island |
| Rio Grande | "large river" |
| Aztecs | the most famous Indians who lived in Mexico |
| Central America | a narrow bridge of land that connects North and South America |
| Maya Indians | made their home in Central America |
| West Indies | a 2000-mile-long chain of mountainous islands in the Caribbean |
| 1492 | Columbus landed in the West Indies |
| Atacama Desert | one of the driest places on earth |
| Tierra del Fuego | an archipelago off the southern tip of South America |
| Cape Horn | the southernmost point in the americas |
| tomahawk | type of light ax |
| maize | corn |
| toboggans | long runnerless sleds |
| leggings | leather coverings to protect the legs |
| wigwams | dome-shpated buildings covered with leaves and bark |
| hogans | circular dwellings made with logs and mud |
| archery | shooting with bows and arrows |
| atheists | people who say there is no God |
| Jim Thorpe | one of America's greatest athletes |
| Will Rogers | "Americas Greatest Storyteller" |
