Migration to the Americas
What is Archaeology?
The Study of the material remains of ancient people.
What are the names of four of the largest and most advanced civilization in the Americas?
Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca.
What are the three different Mound Builder cultures?
The Adena, The Hopewell, Mississippian.
Items early people left behind, such as tools, weapons, and artwork.
What were 3 main crops that these civilizations grew?
Maize, bean, squash
What is Cahokia?
The city of Cahokia was the largest and most advanced Native American settlement.
What is Beringia?
Land bridge connecting northeastern Asia to what is now Alaska, were people and animals may have crossed thousands of years ago to arrive in the Americas.
The Mayas had an understanding of ___________ and their advance _____________ helped them predict eclipses and developed a 365-day calendar.
astronomy, mathematics.
Which ocean did the Inuit lived by?
The Artic Ocean.
What is Carbon Dating?
Scientific method of determining the age of an artifact.
Name of the capital city of the Aztecs
Tenochtitlan
What does a Totem pole symbolized?
Totem poles include symbols that represents the history and experience of a family or clan.
Why did some of the large mammals that lived in the area started to disappeared?
Because of overhunting and changes in the climate.
What was the name of the Inca capital?
Cuzco
Where did the Iroquois lived?
The Iroquois lived in what is now northern New York State.