Coming to Americas
What connected Siberia and Alaska
Land Bridge
What were the three sisters?
Corn, beans, squash
What is a Kiva?
Multi-story building
What was the population of Cahokians?
10K-40K
In what Modern country is Tenochtitlan
Mexico
How long ago did the first people come to the Americas.
14,500 years ago
What fish was commonly eaten in the Pacific Northwest?
Salmon
What are the Four-Corners
A place where four states connect: Colorado, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico
What is clan based organization?
Small groups are usually formed by relatives
What system did the Aztecs use to get wealth and goods
Tribute system
True or False: There was a uniform culture in the Americas
False
What animal was domesticated by the Anasazi?
Turkey
What may have brought the Anasazi culture to an end?
Drought, over irrigation, deforestation
What bodies of water were used by the Cahokians to trade?
Great Lakes and the Mississippi River
Eastern Woodlands Peoples cultivated...
Tobacco, sunflowers, squash
Name two methods ancient Americans used to communicate
Birch-bark scrolls
Buffalo Hides
Writing
Knots
Which animal was hunted for its hide, meat, and bones?
Bison
How long did the did the Anasazi culture last?
About 400 years
Boom, By what percentage did Cahokia grow?
500%
What is consensus based decision making
group or everyone decides
Describe Land ownership in most areas of North America
Land ownership was not like ours
Chinampas were floating farm lands. Who or where were they used?
Tenochtitlan or Aztecs
Who are the descendants of the Anasazi?
Apache, Navajo
Why did Cahokia collapse?
Ecological reasons or war conflict
Native Californians were
diverse and numerous