About America
Who is the Spanish conquistador arrives in America in1492?
Christopher Columbus
How many tribes officially and currently recognized by the United States federal government
562
Where do the Olmecs Settled at the same time the Shang Dynasty existed in China.
Gulf of Mexico
floating garden first used by the Teotihuacans.
chinampa
How did the first humans get to the Americas?
They crossed an ice bridge from Asia.
Modern day name of North America.
United States and Canada
They were the ancestors of the modern people like the Hopi and Zuni.
Anasazi
They(Olmecs) also have a ceremonial game that they called ___________
pok-a-tok
Which mountains does occupied the large part by the Inca civilization?
Andes Mountains
In what present-day country did the Aztec exist?
Mexico
The two main inhabitants of the continent before them who are considered indigenous peoples of America.
Arctic peoples and American Indians.
The communities of this Native American civilization were called _____________ by the Spanish explorers
pueblos
“the dwelling of the gods.”
Teotihuacan
What is the smallest unit of the society in Inca civilization?
ayllu
Which Aztec food was unknown to Europeans until they came to America?
corn
Modern day name of Mesoamerica
Mexico and Central America
They were called mound builders.
Hopewell
Which countries of the present day does the the first empire of Mayan civilization established?
Guatemala and Honduras
It is a complicated system of cords and knots of the Inca people.
Quipu
What was the purpose of Aztec human sacrifice?
nourishment to the sun of God
Give at least three subarctic tribes.
Innu, Cree, Ojibwa, Chipewyan, Beaver, Slave, Carrier, Gwich’in, Tanaina, and Deg Xinag.
Aside from Mississippi, Mississippi tribes lives in ____, _____, _____, Give at least three states in the USA.
Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
The Mayan civilization may have fallen due to several possible
causes: Give at least two among the four.
(1) an ecological collapse due to a large number of people to be fed;
(2) the continuous city-states war that caused social unrest;
(3) the Toltec invasion; and
(4) the population has been greatly affected by the very long drought
The four units of Tahuantinsuyu empire.
Antisuyu
Cuntisuyu
Collasuyu
Chincasuyu
The Spanish conquistador (conqueror) who conquered the Aztecs was?
Hernan/Hernando Cortez