Vocab
a strip of land that connected asia and what we know now as Alaska
what is the bering land bridge?
Ice was melting which caused sea levels to fall.
What is it caused us to have the bering land bridge?
pit houses dug into the ground
what is Pueblos?
Stone architecture, first pyramid, huge head stones
what is accomplishment of Olmec?
Shiny items purchased from European traders
what is Glass Beads?
a movement of people or animals from one region to another
what is migration?
earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica
built the first pyramid
around in 1200 BC
underground rooms for ceremonial practices
what is Kivas?
Pyramids and stone temples
What is Maya accomplishment?
crop other than corn
what is Maize?
fish preserved by drying and smoking
what is salmon?
grew maize
small villages
AD 200- had large cities
900s they collapsed
what is the Maya
built mounds to honor the dead
lived along what we know today as Mississippi, Ohio, and lower Missouri rivers
supported their population with trade and agriculture
what is mound builders?
cities, road system, calendar,writing system
what is the Aztecs accomplishments?
Group of Indians who followed the herds of Buffalo
what is nomads?
common weapons used by hunters and warriors
what is bow and arrows?
immigrated in the mid- 1100s AD
fierce warriors
By the erly 1500s they ruled the most powerful state in Mesoamerica
What is the Aztecs?
carved faces and animals into wood poles
held great religious and historical significance
What is totems?
kept records with cords, buildings, and their art
Iroquois homes
what is long house?
a groups set of common values and traditions, including language, government, and family relationships/traditions.
what is culture?
1400s began to expand
empire was along the pacific coast
kept record of things by using knotted string
created their own type of math
known for art and buildings
What is the Inca?
The Great Plains had these made out of buffalo skin to make a cone shaped shelter
what is Teepees?
bonus- extra 100 points!!!
Remington/Remy
What is the name of Ms. Celestials Dog
what is sign language?