MAYA
AZTEC
INCA
NORTH AMERICAN PEOPLE
MISC.
100
The Maya had year-round source of water.
What are sink holes?
100
On a swampy lake island.
Where was the Aztec city located?
100
Built a huge ancient empire.
Who is Pachacuit?
100
Lived along the coast of the tundra in igloos.
Who are the Inuit?
100
Known for trading jade and obsidian for salt and beans.
Who are the Olmecs?
200
They were connected by a culture, political ties, and trade.
What are city-states?
200
Dug soil to layer the earth to build bridges and plant crops.
What are floating gardens?
200
Used in mathematics and record keeping.
What is quipus?
200
Covered by dense forest, the land east of the Mississippi River.
What are the Easter Woodlands?
200
Women were trained to work at home, weave cloth, and prepare for motherhood.
Who are the Aztec women?
300
Created this mathematical concept.
What is the number zero?
300
The most powerful Aztec ruler.
Who is Montezuma?
300
They set up tax bureaus, legal courts, military posts, and other government offices.
How did they set up a strong central government?
300
North American group that lived on the west coast of North America.
Who are Tlingit?
300
Narrow piece of land connecting two larger land bodies.
What is an isthmus?
400
To work on the land.
Why did the Maya seek captives?
400
Money paid by conquered peoples to their conquerors.
What is tribute?
400
Farming using a wide steps into the mountainside.
What is terrace farming?
400
Sun dried mud bricks.
What is adobe?
400
Scientist believe ancient people cross from Asia to North America.
What is the land bridge?
500
The king.
Who is a direct descendant of the sun god?
500
Preserved the religion, history, and literature of their people.
Who are the priests?
500
Grand emperor retreat complex built by the Inca high in the Andes Mountains.
What is Machu Picchu?
500
Bring unity and peace to several warring groups in the region.
What is the Iroquois League?
500
Built more complex societies for all early Americans.
What is growing and trading crops?
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