Disappeared around 1300 AD, built houses in the cliffs and hills, Farmers and Traders.
Who are the Anasazi
100
Location of the Far North culture
What is Canada and Alaska
100
Number of Languages in Pacific Coast area
What is 100
100
Where the Maya and Inca are located. (Two answers)
What is Mexico and Peru/Chile in order.
200
An underground building/hut used for religious ceremony
What is a Kiva
200
Built pyramid mounds that could be as large as 98 feet tall, with a 16 acre girth. Lived within the Ohio and Mississippi valleys.
Who are the Mississippians
200
Location of the Far East culture
What is the Eastern side of modern day US; from the Mississippi river east to the Atlantic Ocean
200
Irrigation was used by this culture area because the climate was so dry
What is the Southwest culture area
200
Name five features of Civilization
What is Cities, Specialized Jobs, Advanced Tools, Records, and Organized Government and Religion
300
A special event where hosts give expensive gifts.
What is a Potlach
300
Lived in the Arizona area. Irrigated to water their crops.
Who are the Hohokum
300
Great Plains culture area
What is the Middle part of America, from Canada down to Texas
300
The types of transportation in the Far North Culture area
What is Sled dogs and Kayaks
300
Why do common foods vary from Indian culture to Indian culture?
Use geography examples. Explain how different foods grow in different climates.
400
A Society where ancestry is traced through the Mother instead of the Father.
What is Matrilineal Society
400
Built beautiful burial mounds to honor their dead. Found in the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio river valleys.
Who are the Hopewell (Mound Builders)
400
Pacific Coast Culture area
What is Northern California up to Lower Alaska
400
Hunted Buffalo by scaring them off cliffs.
What is the Great Plains hunting technique
400
Why is the Iroquois League important?
What is the first organized (recorded) government in United States. Our own founders used principles from this.
500
5 tribal leaders within a council who decided if their communities would go to war or have peace. An advanced government for its time.
What is the Iroquois League
500
Name two theories on how the first people got here. (Or describe it)
What is the Berin Strait theory, and the Boats theory (Chile)
500
West and Southwest Culture area
What is Lower Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and parts of Texas
500
Explain why the Far North had different clothing than the South West culture area. In your explanation, describe how Far North's geography influenced their clothing.
What is Clothing for a colder life. (Living with Snow and Ice, in Igloos).
500
Explain why Advanced tools are important to define someplace as a "Civilization". Why must they have advanced tools to be defined this way?
What is allows life to go beyond survival, gathering food. Or requires greater cooperation and coordination. Allows for growth into cities, or to have specialized jobs.