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The ruler demanded that his people pay him
tribute
The lack of rain caused a ______ and problems for farmers.
drought
Animals and people move, or _________, to new lands.
migrate
What is 1 theory about how early peoples migrated from Asia to the Americas?
They walked across a land bridge
What was the effect of agriculture on the way of life of the early peoples?
They settled in one place.
An _____________ is a person who studies people from long ago.
archeologist
The Maya ________ developed an extremely accurate calendar.
civilization
__________ is when people are held against their will and do not have their freedom.
Slavery
What is 1 theory about why early peoples migrated from Asia to the Americas?
Hunters followed animals
What was one purpose of the mounds built by the Mound Builders?
burial places for important chiefs
A thick sheet of ice is known as a ____________.
glacier
The Anasazi people ____________ in basket weaving.
specialize
The unneeded __________ food was traded for needed things.
surplus
How did early Americans get food during the Ice Age?
They hunted animals.
What does the fact that Mound Builders were able to build such enormous structures tell about them?
They were well organized.
The ruler's vast ___________ contained many peoples and lands.
empire
The __________ was an extremely cold period of time on Earth.
Ice Age
The landform known as a _________ means table in Spanish.
mesa
Where did most early people live during the Ice Age?
wherever food was found
How did the Anasazi become successful farmers in the desert?
They dug ditches to carry water from streams to their crops.
A stone arrowhead made long ago is an ____________.
artifact
How did the Aztecs extend their borders to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans?
by conquering other peoples in the Valley of Mexico
What resulted from the Mayan food surplus?
Maya began to specialize
What best describes what happened to early peoples when large Ice Age animals died out?
They became hunter-gatherers.
Who traveled from Asia to America 2,500 years ago and stayed near the Arctic Ocean?
the Inuit