Migration to the Americas
One theory of how the first Americans reached the new continent was walking across a ____________.
land bridge
Who created the 365-day calendar, the ability to predict eclipses, and a system of writing using hieroglyphics?
Maya
Referred to as the Mound Builders, built earthen mounds in present-day central and eastern United States.
Hopewell, Adena, and Mississippian
The movement of people into a new area
migration
What type of boat did the Northern peoples create? You may use one on Current River now.
kayak
How was the Inca able to govern such a large empire?
by using their 10,000 miles of roads
The buffalo was their most important resource and lived in tepees.
Plains
A group of people with a common ancestor.
clan
What Illinois city had a population of 20,000 people before the arrival of the Europeans?
Cahokia
What was the name of the large animal, now extinct, hunted by the early Native Americans?
the mastodon or wooly mammoth
Which of the four great civilizations came first?
Olmec
Skilled fisherman and hunters, located in the northern parts of North America. They also built igloos.
Northern
A variety of corn
maize
Which culture area used adobe for building structures?
Southwestern
Why did many large animals become extinct about 15,000 years ago?
due to the end of the Ice Age
Whose capital was Tenochtitlan?
Aztec
Created complex societies and formed the Iroquois League
Eastern
A people's shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors.
culture
Which culture area produced pottery, carved stone, and etched shells with acid?
Hohokam
After the extinction of many large animals, what did the early Native Americans hunt?
smaller game like deer, rabbits, squirrels, etc.
What was one thing that different between the four civilizations?
different religions,
different locations or land area,
not all had a written language
Called the Anasazi and located in present-day Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Ancient Puebloans
A government that links and unites different groups of people.
federation
What are three ways archaeologists can date artifacts and fossils?
DNA, location in the soil layer, and carbon-14 dating