Vocabulary
What is another word for moving from one place to another?
To migrate
What was the role of children in ancient American civilizations?
Help their mothers with chores and play games to build social skills.
These two civilizations were located in Central America, present-day Mexico.
The Aztecs and the Mayans
Our first ancestors traveled in which direction?
South
A person who travels place to place in search of animals to hunt, fish to catch, and fruit and nuts to collect.
Hunter-gatherers
What is the role of women?
Women might carry water and gather wood to help to cook. They would also cook, clean, and help with chores.
This civilization was known for accurate calendars, charted movements of the moon and stars, and created and advanced a math system.
The Mayans
Where did our ancestors travel from?
From Asia
Agriculture
What is the role of men?
Leave before dawn to go on a hunt, mainly to help prepare food and protect.
This civilization modified its environment to live in it, making "floating gardens".
The aztecs
What is a strait?
A narrow body of water
What is irrigation?
The application of water to crops from nearby rivers or bodies of water.
What did young males help with?
Hunting
These three groups emerged in North America. You need to name all three.
The Inuit, the mound builders, and ancestral Puebloans.
What material was important for making tools?
animals' antlers, stone.
Organized systems of government, religion, and learning.
Civilizations
These types of stories would be told in gatherings, usually told by elderly family members.
Folklore
This civilization lived in the northernmost part of North America.
The inuit
What is the name of the land bridge in the Bering Strait?
Beringia