True/False
TRUE OR FALSE: The Aztecs were better fighters than governors.
What is true?
This was a wide and dispersed group of Indians believed to be united by trade.
What was the Hopewell tribe?
Groups of languages that are believed to have had a single ancestral language.
What are language families?
These were the American Indians’ religious leaders.
What were medicine men/women or shamans?
The Mayans believed this supported the heavens.
What is the ceiba tree?
TRUE OR FALSE: The Hopi Indians developed terraced farming methods.
What is false?
The South American Indians developed terraced farming methods.
Known for its peaceful culture.
What is the Hopi tribe?
This term defines Indians that shared similar customs, means of livelihood, and the same level of
civilization.
What are culture areas?
List two beliefs common to South American religious traditions.
What are...
Shamans,
Superstition,
Some belief in the sun god,
or some human sacrifice?
List at least two of the three Mayan historical periods.
What are...
Pre-classical,
Classical,
and Post-classical?
TRUE OR FALSE: The Postclassic Period was not a time of prominent city-states.
What is true?
The Classic period was the time for prominent city-states.
This tribe was based on a matriarchal society structure.
What was the Eastern Woodlands tribe?
This is a group of several families that shared common customs.
What is a tribe?
The Mayans created a precise Long Count [this.]
What is the Long Count Calendar?
The Aztec city of Tenochtitlán was also known as this.
What is the “the Venice of the New World?"
The Plains Indians had to relocate frequently in order to survive.
What is true?
This tribe built villages out of sun-dried brick.
What was the Pueblo tribe?
This is the name of a possible ice or land bridge allowing people to come to North America via Asia.
What was Beringia?
This is an upright stone slab or column carved with inscriptions.
What is a stele?
This system was used for trade in the Inca empire.
What was bartering, or the barter system?
TRUE OR FALSE: North American Indians commonly fought protracted battles.
What is false?
Indian warfare was often sporadic and involved swift raids, with few protracted battles.
This tribe lived in large dome-shaped structures.
What was the Adena tribe?
Many Indian tribes passed down THESE kinds of stories.
What are creation and flood stories/narratives?
Define 'Quetzalcoatl.'
What is the name of the Indian god whose worshipers believed that he would return one day?
This Indian civilization settled in Cuzco.
What was the Inca?