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SOL 3.5a

1. What are the seven continents and five oceans?

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SOL 3.5b

2. What imaginary lines are used to identify the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres?

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SOL 3.5b

3. What is a hemisphere?

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SOL 3.5b

5. What is the prime meridian?

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SOL 3.5d

6. What are regions?

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SOL 3.5b

4. What is the equator?

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Answer Number 4:

The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth that divides the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres.

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Answer Number 1:

The seven continents are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica and the five oceans are Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern.

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Answer Number 3:

A hemisphere is half of a sphere (globe) created by the prime meridian or the equator.

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Answer Number 2:

The equator and the prime meridian are used to create the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres.

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Answer Number 5:

The prime meridian is an imaginary line that divides the globe into the eastern and western hemispheres.

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Answer Number 6:

Regions are places that have common characteristics.

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SOL 3.5c

7. On which continent is the country of England located?

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SOL 3.5d

10. On which continent is the United States located?

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SOL 3.5d

12. Where is the region of St. Augustine?

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SOL 3.5d

11. Where is the region of San Salvador?

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SOL 3.5c

8. On which continent is the country of Spain located?

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SOL 3.5c

9. On which continent is the country of France located?

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Answer Number 10:

North America

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Answer Number 7:

Europe

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Answer Number 9:

Europe

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Answer Number 8:

Europe

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Answer Number 11:

San Salvador is located in the general region

of the Bahamas.

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Answer Number 12:

St. Augustine is located in northern Florida.

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SOL 3.5d

13. Where is the region of Quebec?

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SOL 3.5e

16. How is a simple letter-number grid system used to locate places on maps?

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SOL 3.3b

18. What is an explorer?

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SOL 3.3a

17. Who were some of the important European explorers from Spain, England, and France?

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SOL 3.5a

14. What ocean do you cross to go from Europe to North America?

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SOL 3.5d

15. Where is the region of Jamestown located?

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Answer Number 16:

The letter (left) and number (bottom)

coordinates of a grid system identify the

exact location of a place.

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Answer Number 13:

Quebec is located in Canada.

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Answer Number 15:

Jamestown is located in Virginia.

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Answer Number 14:

Atlantic Ocean

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Answer Number 17:

Some important European explorers include Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de Leon, Jacques Cartier, and Christopher Newport.

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Answer Number 18:

An explorer is a person who travels

seeking new discoveries.

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SOL 3.3b

19. What was the impact of European exploration on American Indians?

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SOL 3.3a

22. What country sponsored

Jacques Cartier?

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SOL 3.3b

24. What was Christopher Columbus’ reason for exploring?

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SOL 3.3a

23. What country sponsored

Christopher Newport?

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SOL 3.3a

20. What country sponsored

Christopher Columbus?

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SOL 3.3a

21. What country sponsored

Juan Ponce de Leon?

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Answer Number 22:

France

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Answer Number 19:

1. Deadly diseases were introduced

2. Exploration later led to settlement

3. The settlements led to relocation of the American Indians from their homeland

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Answer Number 21:

Spain

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Answer Number 20:

Spain

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Answer Number 23:

England

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Answer Number 24:

Columbus wanted to find a western sea

route to Asia.

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SOL 3.3b

25. What was Juan Ponce de León’s

reason for exploring?

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SOL 3.3b

28. What success did Christopher Columbus find in his explorations?

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SOL 3.3b

30. What success did Jacques Cartier

find in his explorations?

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SOL 3.3b

29. What success did Juan Ponce de Leon find in his explorations?

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SOL 3.3b

26. What was Jacques Cartier’s

reason for exploring?

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SOL 3.3b

27. What was Christopher Newport’s reason for exploring?

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Answer Number 28:

Columbus was the first European to discover

a sea route to America; he discovered the

Western Hemisphere (landed at San Salvador).

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Answer Number 25:

Ponce de Leon wanted to discover riches

and land to conquer.

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Answer Number 27:

Newport wanted to discover riches, find a

western sea route to Asia, and to

colonize Virginia.

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Answer Number 26:

Cartier wanted to colonize the New World.

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Answer Number 29:

Ponce de Leon was the first European to

land in Florida (near St. Augustine);

he gave Spain claim to Florida.

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Answer Number 30:

Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River Valley (near Quebec, Canada) and gave France a

North American claim.

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SOL 3.3b

31. What success did Christopher Newport find in his explorations?

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SOL 2.1

34. What inventions came from

ancient China?

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SOL 2.1

36. What example of architecture from ancient China is still present today?

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SOL 3.5a

35. What ocean do you cross to go from North America to Asia?

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SOL 3.3b

32. What river did Christopher Newport explore in Virginia?

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SOL 2.1

33. What contributions did the people of ancient China make to the development of written language?

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Answer Number 34:

Kite, silk cloth, compass, fireworks

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Answer Number 31:

Newport arrived at present day Jamestown

and made four additional voyages bringing

more people to Jamestown.

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Answer Number 33:

The ancient Chinese created a written

language of characters and symbols.

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Answer Number 32:

James River

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Answer Number 35:

Pacific Ocean

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Answer Number 36:

The Great Wall

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SOL 2.1

37. What does ancient mean?

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SOL 2.4a

40. Where is China located on a

world map?

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SOL 2.4b

42. What river did the ancient Chinese settle along?

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SOL 2.4b

41. The land of China is made up of forests, hills, mountains and(

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SOL 2.1

38. What is architecture?

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SOL 2.1

39. What is a contribution?

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Answer Number 40:

Asia

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Answer Number 37:

Ancient means long, long ago.

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Answer Number 39:

A contribution is the act of giving or doing something.

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Answer Number 38:

Architecture is the design of buildings.

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Answer Number 41:

Deserts

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Answer Number 42

The Huang He

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SOL 2.6

43. What is included when making a map?

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SOL 2.6

46. What is a compass rose?

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SOL 1.4a

48. What is a symbol?

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SOL 1.4b

47. What are the cardinal directions?

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SOL 2.6

44. What is a map title?

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SOL 2.6

45. What is a map legend?

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Answer Number 46:

A compass rose is a symbol that shows

directions (north, east, south, and west)

on a map.

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Answer Number 43:

Maps include the following: title,

map legend, compass rose.

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Answer Number 45:

A map legend is a list of shapes and symbols

used on a map and an explanation of what

each stands for.

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Answer Number 44:

The name or kind of map

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Answer Number 47:

North, South, East and West

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Answer Number 48:

A symbol is a picture or thing that stands

for something else.

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