This was a long period of extreme cold temperatures
Ice Age
100
The Great Serpent Mound was built or made by whom?
The Mound Builders
100
Why did the Mound Builders create the mounds?
Burial places for important chiefs, some may honor animals( part of their religion)
100
What was the theory on why the Anasazi left their villages?
A drought may have forced them to leave
100
Why do you think the Mexican flag has an eagle, a cactus, and a snake?
These symbols recall the Aztec people
200
A narrow stretch of water that separates Asia from North America
Bering Strait
200
Did the Mound Builders live east or west of the Mississippi River?
East
200
True or False, the Mound Builders used tools all from around the area (midwest)
False
knives made from rocks in the Rocky Mountains, seashells from the Gulf of Mexico, copper from the midwest
200
Where did the Inuit live?
In present day Canada
200
Describe a way that the Aztec people created more land for farming
Floating gardens, and also they carved terraces into hillsides
300
Scholars believed the first people came to the Americas between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago. How did they get there?
Migration
300
Why did the Mound Builders live around the Mississippi River?
There was fertile soil, they had lakes and rivers.
300
Where did the Anasazi live?
Four Corners
300
The Inuit people were hunters, gatherers or farmers?
Hunter
( whales, walruses, seals)
300
How did the Aztecs create their empire?
They sent out armies to conquer other people
400
Historians believe that large animals were the first to cross the Bering Strait. Name the possible animal
Mammoth or Caribou
400
What was the Mound Builders main crop they grew?
Corn
400
Anasazi stands for what word or name?
Their name is a Navajo Indian word for " The Old Ones"
400
What was the effect of the Mayan success in farming?
They grew a surplus of food, so not all families had to be farmers
400
What is Mrs. Fearing's favorite animal?
Giraffe
500
How did the ice age come to and end?
The climate warmed up and the glaciers melted
500
The Mound Builders were not a single group of people. What are the three names of the people?
Adena, Hopewell, and the Mississippians
500
What were some crops that the Anasazi grew?
Corn, squash, beans, and pumpkins
500
Explain the term "specialization" when it refers to the Maya people
There was a surplus of food so not everyone had to farm. They began to focus on other jobs such as basket weaving, jewelry making, stone carving, astronomy, and math