Gr 7 Ch 1 TEST
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- When news of Columbus's discovery reached Europe, most people thought that
- the Americas were islands near Asia
- What name did Cartier give to the area he explored?
- New France
- The name "Canada" comes from an Indian word for
- village
- Which cartographer first used the names: "North America" and "South America"?
- Gerardus Mercator
- An area that shares a common feature is called a
- region
- The term "Anglo-America" refers to an area with
- British heritage
- The name "Latin America" comes from
- the language of the Roman Empire
- Why does Latin America have an Iberian heritage?
- the colonists came from Portugal & Spain
- The treeless ground in northern Canada is called
- tundra
- The horseshoe-shaped region that stretches south from the Arctic Ocean is
- the Canadian Shield
- What is the world's largest chain of lakes?
- the Great Lakes
- How many seasons do the tropics usually have?
- two
- Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean form a region called
- Middle America
- What is the longest chain of mountains in the world?
- the Andes
- Most of the Amazon Basin is covered by
- rain forest
- What is the longest river in the Americas?
- the Amazon
- The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn form the border of the
- tropic zone
- What is a level area raised above the surrounding land?
- a plateau
- Cold areas near the North and South Poles are called the
- frigid zone
- The Americas were named after
- Vespucci