Download USA Latitude and Longitude Activity #2

Test 1 Study Guide: geography skills, Native Americans, exploration
September 7th
USA Latitude and Longitude Activity #2
1. The location 26 degrees N, 105 degrees W is in what country? Mark the spot on the map
with a black X. Mexico
2. Is the location 35 degrees N latitude, 75 degrees W longitude in the Atlantic or Pacific
Ocean? Mark it on the map with a green X. Atlantic Ocean
3. Is the location 30 degrees N, 87 degrees W on land or under water. Mark it on the map
with a blue X. on land
4. On the map, label the location 38 degrees N latitude, 105 degrees W longitude with a red
X and write the name of the state it is in. Colorado
5. The location 43 degrees N, 75 degrees W is in what state? On the map, write the state's
name. New York
6. Name the state whose southern border is latitude 35 degrees N, and label the state on the map.
Tennessee
1. What is the capital city of the USA?
Washington DC
2. What country borders the USA on the north?
Canada
3. What country borders the USA on the south?
Mexico
4. What ocean borders the USA on the west?
Pacific
5. What ocean borders the USA on the east?
Atlantic
6. What large body of water borders the USA on the southeast?
Gulf of Mexico
Northwest Coast
Southwest
Tribes: : Hopi, Navajos, Apache
Eastern Woodlands
Tribes:
Tribes: Chinooks, Makah, Haida
Cherokee, Iroquois, Mohawk
Homes The Chinooks village was Homes The Hopi took advantage of the
Homes: The Iroquois built
desert climate and built their homes out of
made up of rows of wooden
adobe, a type of clay. They built their
house called pit houses. A pit
house is a house built of wooden homes on top of one another much like an
apartment building called a pueblo. The
boards with no windows. Each
Navajos lived in houses called hogans. A
house was built partly over a
hogan is a cone shaped house built by
hole so that some of the rooms
covering a log frame with mud or grass.
were underground.
longhouses. A longhouse is a long
wooden building in which several
families lived together, it was made
of elm bark and had a large door at
each end. The Cherokee had two
homes, one for the winter and one
for summer. Winter homes were
small cone shaped pit houses made
of wooden poles covered with earth.
Summer houses were larger box
shaped houses with grass or clay
walls and bark roofs. In both the
winter and summer homes several
families from a clan lived together.
Crops Grown/animals hunted
Crops Grown/animals hunted
Due to the wet, cool climate of
the Northwest Coast, the Indians The Indians of the Southwest grew corn,
beans, squash and cotton. They hunted the
that lived there were unable to
small animals that live in the desert.
grow many crops. They hunted
the many animals that lived in
the forest and also fished in the
rivers. The Makah’s were
famous for going hunting for
whales. This was a very
dangerous task.
How tribes adapt to region
The Chinooks who were unable
to farm came up with another
way to get the items they
needed. They began a trading
network with their neighboring
tribes. This gave the Chinooks a
chance to get the items they
could not grow or find in the
forest. Both tribes took
advantage of the forest near
their homes for hunting and for
building supplies.
Crops Grown/animals hunted
The Indians of the Eastern
Woodlands grew corn, beans,
squash, pumpkins, sunflowers and
tobacco. They also gathered wild
plants from the forest. They fished
and hunted squirrels, rabbits,
turkeys, bears and deer.
How tribes adapt to region
How tribes adapt to region
The Indians of the Southwest were forced
to conserve their supplies in case of
drought. They used materials like adobe
and mud to build their homes because
lumber was harder to come by in the
desert. The Indians of this region had to be
mindful of having a surplus of food at all
times.
The Indians of the Eastern
Woodlands built their homes in
villages to offer protection from
neighboring tribes and animals from
the forest. This region was the most
populated so fights were very
common. The Indians adapted to the
climate by building their homes with
materials to both keep them warm
in the winter and cool in the
summer.
Explorer
Places explored
Country that sponsored
trip
Discoveries made
Christopher
Columbus
Landed in a place he
called San Salvador,
located in the
Caribbean Sea.
Explored the area
nearby including the
Bahamas
Spain
Columbus discovered the new land of
San Salvador which he thought was
close to India.
Barthlomeu Dias
Dias explored the coast Portugal
of Africa searching for a
way to India
Dias discovered that the journey
around Africa was very dangerous
and although he never made it he
provided useful advice to future
explorers.
Amerigo Vespucci
Sailed to the places
Portugal
Columbus explored,
also sailed down the
coast of South America.
Vespucci realized that Columbus
could not have reached Asia like he
first thought because: the land did
not look like Asia, the trip was not
long enough and Asia was not a large
as Columbus thought.
Vasco Nunez de
Balboa
Discovered the Isthmus
of Panama that
connects North
America to South
America.
Spain
Was the first European to see the
Pacific Ocean. Balboa provided
further proof that Columbus never
reached Asia like he thought.
Ferdinand Magellan
One of his ships
reached Asia by sailing
west around the
Americas.
Portugual
Discovered that it was possible to
reach Asia by sailing west, however
this trip took over three years and
was very hard on the sailors.
Vasco da Gama
Discovered that is was
possible to sail around
Africa and reach India
Portugal
Reached India for the first time by
sailing west around Africa
Explain how Marco Polo contributed to future exploration: Marco Polo was a famous trader in Europe,
at the time of his death his stories were published into books. These books were read by a generation of
young men who were amazed at the things Polo was and experienced. These readers of his stories soon
wanted to go and have the same adventures as Marco Polo did.