Vocab
an Iroquois house about 150 to 200 feet long built of wooden poles covered with sheets of bark and housing about a dozen families
Longhouse
The Aztecs lived in what modern day country
Name thee Inca farming technique that smoothed the sides of mountains
Terrace Farming
What language did the Inca force all their conquered people to learn?
Quecha
The Nazca live in what modern day country
Peru
a group of related families is a?
Clan
Which part of the US did the Anasazi live
South West
This animal was the Maya's top G-d
Lizard
The Inca Trail went from?
Machu Picchu to the Sacred Valley
In what modern country did the Moche live
Equador
Strings with knots used for counting
Quipu
North East
What were the 3 sister crops
Bean, Squash, and Corn
Which Kingdom did the Inca Conquer?
Chimor
What did the Moche not have that was unusual
Written Language
a circular tent made by stretching buffalo skins over wooden poles was used by which tribe
Sioux
Which Tribe introduced Metal working into the Americas?
Toltec
The Aztec Supreme G-d (name)
Ometeotl
What are the 4 Inca ruling political structures IN ORDER from top to bottom. Remember the top is the emporer
1. Emperor
2. 4 quarter ruler
3. Province ruler
4. Local leader
Moche Pottery indicates that their culture focused on what?
warfare
What is a Chinampa?
a technique used in Mesoamerican agriculture which relies on small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake
Name the three type of Native American dwellings we discussed in class AND which tribes used them
Sioux- Teepee
Anasazi Rock houses
Longhouses- Iroquois
Describe 4 facts about the Pyramid of Kukuclan
365 steps
Stone Steps
Calendar used with light
Stone snake on the bottom
Shadow snake when seasons change
Made by the Mayas
Describe the entire tale of Aztec formation
1. Azcapozalco in a civil war dominating the region
2. 3 city states Tlacopan, Tenochtitlan and Texcoco united to destroy Azcapotzalco
3. Became the Aztecs