Terminology
The definition of this word is "the movement of people into a new area."
What is migration?
This is the name of the continent that the early peoples came from when they came to America.
What is Asia?
The name of the "Mother Civilization."
The Olmec
The Inuit and Inupiat lived in these structures during the winter months?
What are igloos?
The name of the civilization responsible for predicting eclipses and creating a 365 day calendar.
Who are the Mayans?
The definition of this word is "moving from place to place."
What is nomadic?
This was the main reason for migration into the Americas.
What is food?
The names of the two living cultures in Central and South America when European explorers and conquereors began arriving in the Americas in 1492.
Who are the Aztec and Inca?
This animal was used by the people of the Plains. All parts were used - meat, bones, and skins.
What is the buffalo?
The reason why some cultures went from being nomadic to establishing permanent settlements?
What is farming?
The definition of this word is "broad, level platforms"
What are terraces?
This was the first plant food cultivated in the Americas. Be careful and use the correct term!
What is maize?
What the Mississippi cultures were most known for
What are earthworks or mounds?
This is the name of a group of people who have a common ancestor.
What is a clan?
The name of the largest Mississipian culture.
What is Cahokia?
The definition of this word is "a society ruled by religious leaders."
What is theocracy?
Kennewick man supports which theory as to how the first people came to America.
What is the sea route/coastal migration theory?
Tenochtitlan was a part of this great civilization.
What is Aztec?
What is the Great Law of Peace?
What the Ancient Puebloans, as well as their descendants (Hopi, Acoma, and Zuni), used to get water to their crops.
What is irrigation?
The definition of this word is "a Native American structure that housed many people."
What are pueblos?
About 15,000 years ago, temperatures started to rise, leading to the end of the last ice age. Glaciers melted and caused this important landform used for migration to disappear.
What is Beringia?
The state where both Ancient Puebloans and Hohokam lived.
What is Arizona?
The three crops that make up the Three Sisters.
What are corns, beans and squash?
The name of model of democractic governance seen in the Native Americans on 1492.
What is the Iriquois League?