First Americans
What land formation did early Americans cross to enter North America?
What is the land bridge?
What was the first major Mesoamerican civilization discussed in class?
Who were the Olmec?
The Maya lived in areas including Mexico, Guatemala, and what other country?
What is Belize?
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
What is Tenochtitlan?
In what mountain region did the Inca civilization develop?
What are the Andes?
What type of society hunted animals and gathered food?
What is a hunter-gatherer society?
What allowed people to grow food and settle in one place?
What is agriculture?
Which civilization developed a complete written language?
Who were the Maya?
What language did the Aztecs speak?
What is Nahuatl?
What were the Inca knotted ropes used for record keeping called?
What is a quipu?
What was another name for corn?
What is maize?
What did permanent settlements allow civilizations to develop?
Cities and more complex societies.
Name one famous Maya city.
What is Tikal or Palenque?
Who was Huitzilopochtli?
An Aztec war god.
What were the Inca famous for building?
Roads, bridges, tunnels, and irrigation systems.
Why did agriculture change the way people lived?
It allowed people to establish permanent settlements.
What happened to the Olmec civilization?
Their decline occurred for reasons that are unclear.
Which civilization still exists as a cultural group today?
Who are the Maya?
Who led the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire?
Who was Hernán Cortés?
Who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca in 1533?
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
What major environmental change may have helped make it possible for early people to migrate from Siberia into North America?
What is the Ice Age?
Which early civilization is known for creating large stone heads and is considered one of the earliest major civilizations in Mesoamerica?
Who were the Olmec?
How did the Maya's development of agriculture affect their civilization?
It allowed them to produce more food, establish permanent settlements, and develop cities and complex societies.
What Spanish conquistador led the conquest that resulted in the fall of the Aztec Empire?
Who was Hernán Cortés?
What system helped the Inca connect their vast empire across the difficult terrain of the Andes Mountains?
What is their extensive road and bridge system?