North America 1
The land bridge that connected Asia to North America
What is Beringia?
The Pueblo Indians made their homes out of this substance
What is adobe?
The Mayans created this kind of calendar
What is a Long Count calendar?
This animal has cultural significance to the Incans
What is a llama?
Several families sharing common customs
What are tribes?
Totem poles are associated with this coast
What is the West coast?
The Mayans believed that this tree supported the sky
What is the ceiba tree?
The main city of the Aztecs
What is Tenochtitlán?
Groups of languages that are believed to have had a single ancestral language
What is a language family?
What is a matriarchy?
The Olmecs and Zapotecs were the precursors to this group of people
What is the Aztecs?
The Incans settled in this valley
What is the Valley of Cuzco?
Several tribes who lived near each other and shared similar customs, means of livelihood, and level of civilization
What are culture areas?
The Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures were associated with this geological feature
What are the Mound Builders?
Name one of the city-states that sought to become the center of power during the Mayan Classic period.
What is Chichén Itzá or Tikal?
The cities of Tenochtitlán, Texcoco, and Tlacopan formed this alliance
What is the Triple Alliance?
Most famous effigy mound
What is the Great Serpent Mound?
This animal has cultural significance to the Plains Indians
What is the American bison (or buffalo)?
The chief god of the Aztecs
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
The system that the Incans used for recording data and accounting.
What is a quipu?