Vocabulary
Timelines
The First Americans
Early American Civilizations
Native Americans
100
This words means "movement from one place to another."
What is migration?
100
What is another way of saying AD (Anno Domini?)
CE (Common Era)
100
According to archaeologists, from which continent did the first humans in the Americans arrive?
What is Asia?
100
This civilization was active from 1500 BCE - 400 BCE, the earliest civilization in the Americas that we studied.
What are the Olmecs?
100
This tribe is famous for living in longhouses.
Who are the Iroquois?
200
While this word can describe things like Xbox or Playstation, in the social studies classroom, we're talking about wild animals that people hunt for food or for fun.
What is game?
200
Which of these two years happened first? 400 AD or 500 AD?
400 AD
200
What is the name of the older theory that archaeologists used to explain how the first humans arrived in the Americas?
What is the Beringia Land Bridge Theory?
200
This civilization arose in southern Mexico, and the end to this civilization is one of the greatest history's mysteries.
Who are the Mayans/ What is the Mayan civilization?
200
Which Native American tribe lived in the same region as the Iroquois?
Who are the Algonquians?
300
This word describes the ways in which humans try to distribute water using pipes and ditches.
What is irrigation?
300
Which year happened first? 327 BC or 37 AD?
327 BC
300
According to the Beringia Land Bridge Theory, how did the first humans migrate to North America? (Use an action verb, be as specific as you can--not "they migrated.)
They walked across the land bridge between Asia and Alaska, during the Ice Age 14000 years ago when the sea level was lower and revealed the land bridge.
300
This civilization was famous for worshipping their main God, Quetzacoatl.
Who are the Aztecs/What is the Aztec Civilization?
300
These are the houses that the Algonquians lived in--smaller than the longhouse, but made from wood as well.
What are wigwams?
400
This is the process by which animals or plants are trained to live with humans, and be useful to humans.
What is domestication?
400
Which year happened first? 512 BC or 1273 BC?
1273 BC
400
This is the name of the archaeological sites that archeologists point to as being the evidence that people did indeed walk across a land bridge from Asia to North America many years ago. (Write the name of the site)
What is Clovis, New Mexico?
400
This was the Aztec name for their capital/main city, on which Mexico City stands today.
What is Tenochtitlan?
400
This region, where tribes such as the Pueblos and the Navajos lived, is known for its dry climate.
What is the Southwest?
500
This word describes worshipping more than one God.
What is polytheistic/polytheism?
500
Put these three years into order (From earliest to most recent) 1200 AD 1300 BC 1100 BC
Earliest: 1300 BC 1100 BC Most recent: 1200 AD
500
This archaeological site is often used as evidence to suggest that the first humans in the Americans lived here even before the land bridge existed.
What is Monte Verde?
500
What was so special about the capital city of the Aztecs? (Remember the pictures shown during class last week).
The Aztecs built the city in the middle of a lake.
500
In addition to living in longhouses, this is another aspect that the Iroquois are famous for.
What is the Iroquois League/League of the Iroquois, where the different nations within the Iroquois created an alliance to fight against common enemies.
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