History 6 Quiz 2: 2.1 - 2.2

Match each term with the correct description.

• Tundra

• The area between the North Pole and the northern timberline of North America, Europe, and Asia

• Artic

• A piece of ice that has moved down a mountain or across a polar region and broken off into the sea

• Iceberg

• A large mass of ice that flows slowly over land

• Glacier

• The treeless Artic plains north of the timberline

Permanently frozen ground is called ______.

• Iceberg

• Frigid zone

• Glacier

• Permafrost

The largest island in the world is ______.

• Great Britain

• Ireland

• Iceland

• Greenland

🔷 The ​ (a)   is a sea bird that migrates farther than any other bird.

🔷 A North American reindeer is called a ​ (b)   .

🔷 A little rodent four or five inches long that looks like a fat, round mouse is called ​ (c)   .

• artic tern
• caribou
• lemming
• moose

Some of the world's largest carnivores that live on ice and hunt seals are ______.

• whales

• grizzly bears
• polar bears
• puffins

A Viking from Norway, ______, founded the island's first European settlement.

• Christopher Columbus

• Sir Wilfred Grenfell

• Erik the Red

The tundra is called "______" because the sun shines all day and all night with the approach of summer.

• Land of Eternal Twilight

• Northern Lights

• Frigid Zone

• Land of the Midnight Sun

Another name for the Northern Lights is ______.

• Aurora Borealis
• Polar Lights
• Northern Star
• Land of the Midnight Sun

Identify the locations on the map.

a

b

c

d

Baffin Island

Rocky Mtns.

Mackenzie River

Great Lakes

Thick layer of fat called ______ helps keep fur seals warm.

• muscle

• blubber
• fur