Randoms
This is another name for corn
maize
This was a pre-Incan culture of Southwest Peru, dating from 200bce; known for giant pictures inscribed into the earth and visible only from the air
Nazca
This refers to the time period in North or South America before the arrival of Columbus, i.e. prior to 1492ce
Pre-Columbian
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Cahokia
Mound-builders
Mississippian
These were very large mammals that vanished from North America due to a combination of overhunting and climate change
megafauna
This is a circular tent made by stretching buffalo skins over wooden poles
tepee or tipi
South American people that around 1400ce created an empire reaching nearly 2,500 miles along the west coast of South America
Inca
North American Indian culture that emerged during around 200ce; built pueblos & irrigation canals that enabled them to grow 2 crops a year in the desert environment
Hohokam
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Machu Picchu
Inca
Foldable manuscript pages held together by stitching: the earliest form of book, replacing the scrolls and wax tablets.
codex
This is 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
Mesoamerican people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century; known for exquisite temples and religion employing bloody sacrifice.
Aztec
This is a theory of the first peopling of the Americas, which states that nomadic Northeast Asians crossed an exposed piece of land between Asia and Alaska when the Ice Age lowered sea levels
Beringia Land Bridge Theory
Land Bridge Theory
Beringia Theory
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Tenochtitlan
Aztec
These are items of material evidence left behind by early civilizations
artifacts
This is a system of knotted strings used by the Inca people for keeping records
quipu
Native American people whose civilization flourished in Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula between 250 – 900ce; known for a 365-day calendar & advanced astronomy
Maya
They were an ancient American Indian people of the southwestern US who flourished between 200bce - 1500ce; known for cliff dwellings and kivas
Anasazi
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Tikal
Maya
This was a system of writing used by the Mayans that involves the use of pictures to represent words and ideas
hieroglyphics
Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular rafts to create fertile farm land used to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico
chinampas
They were an influential early Mesoamerican people who began building pyramid-shaped temples and are known for giant carved stone heads.
Olmec
This is a theory which states that the Americas were populated in a series of migrations with people coming from Asia either by boat or foot to settle along the West Coast of the Americas.
Pacific Rim Theory
Coastal Migration Theory
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Mesa Verde
Anasazi
This is a farming technique invented by the Incas to farm on mountainous terrain and still used today
terrace farming
terraces