Section 1
The name of the possible land bridge that many believed was the migration route to America.
What was the Beringia
The decline for the Mayan empire?
What was the Postclassic period?
The Incas lived here.
Where was a high plateu of the Andes and they eventually settled in the valley of Cuzco?
The group of Indians that were known for hunting bison.
What are Plains Indians?
Several families sharing common customs.
What were tribes?
The indians looked to these people as religious leaders..
Who were the Shamans?
Present day Guatemala and Mexico.
What were the Olmecs?
The Incas did this to maintain their empire.
What developed an extensive road system consistently of up to 14,000 miles of roads and bridges?
The system that was used fo trade in the Aztec empire.
What is the Barter system?
Groups of Indian languages that are believed to have had a single ancestral language.
What are language families?
Two names of Native American groups.
What were the Pueblo and Plain Indians?
The two groups of Mayas directed worship of the gods.
What were the Shamans and the priests?
Suspended bridges were made of this.
What were cables woven from cabuya fiber, fixed to wooden beams, and anchore to store pylons?
The main transportation network used by the Incas.
What was the road system that consistented of up to 14,000 miles of roads and bridges?
Collections of knotted strings used to accounting and recounting data.
What is Quipa?
The type of burial that many Indians used along the way of the Ohio River Valley.
What were the Mounds?
The thrree environmental zones make up this region.
What were the highlands, terrian, and climate?
The indians developed these two things.
What were terraced farming methods to grow the needed crops and thrive in the challenging climate?
The Mesoamerican culture developed a precise calendar.
Who are the Mayas?
The tree which the Mayans believed supported the sky.
What is the Ceiba Tree?
The Pueblo Indians lived in these homes.
What were the small villages consisting of two or three family groups or klans?
The Aztecs allied with these city-states to form the triple alliance.
Who were the Texaco and the Tlacopan?
The western border of South America was composed of this.
What were steep mountains, valleys at various altitudes, and deserts?
One of the most effigy mounds.
What are the Great Serpent Mounds?
The Mayans developed a precise calendar.
What is long count?