Social Studies: Chapter 15:Lesson 1: The Americas
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Social Studies: Chapter 15 Lesson 1: The Americas
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Which oceans bound the Americas?
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Did you know?
The glaciers were like a giant carving tool, giving shape to the land.
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Glacier
A glacier is a huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land. The term “glacier” comes from the French word glace (glah-SAY), which means ice. Glaciers are often called “rivers of ice.”
Glaciers are great ice sheets that move, cutting into and scraping the land beneath them as they move.
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Where is the Canadian Shield on the map?
The area south of Hudson Bay
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The Great Lakes are shown but not named on the map. Can you locate them?
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What did the glaciers have to do with creating the Great Lakes?
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They (glaciers) carved out their basins and filled the basins with water when the glaciers melted.
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What is an isthmus?
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Where is the isthmus of Panama?
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Where does the Amazon River flow?
through northern South America
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What kind of climate would you expect to find near the Amazon?
a tropical climate
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because the equator runs through it
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