Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
Before History
Early Americans
Early America 2
100
Culture with organized system of Government
What is a Civilization
100
This is an object that was made by people in the past.
What is an artifact?
100
How long ago did the Ice Age take place?
around 20,000 years ago
100
Time before history was written down.
What is Prehistory?
100
The Aztecs improved farmings in 3 ways, name 2 of them.
What is Terraces, Floating Gardens, and Irrigation?
200
Scientists who studies artifacts of people long ago
What is an archaeologist?
200
A possible explanation for something.
What is a theory?
200
When did the ice age end?
Approximately 10,000 years ago
200
What did the Mayan use in mathematics?
What is the number Zero
200
Nampeyo recreated the lost art of what?
What is pottery making
300
Having more than what is needed.
What is a surplus?
300
A large group of land and people with one leader
What is an empire?
300
What is the narrow stretch of water that separates Asia from North America called
What is the Bering strait?
300
What made it possible to settle in one place?
What is agriculture
300
Why did mound builders build mounds?
What is Burials mounds and Worshiping animal spirits.
400
When you move from one place to another
What is migrate?
400
Focusing on one particular activity
What is specialization?
400
The Inuits invented this
What is the Kayak
400
This is the capital of the Incan Empire.
What is Cuzco?
400
What two things does a climograph tell you?
What is average precipitation and average temperature?
500
A payment a ruler demands from the people
What is a tribute?
500
An activity done for a specific purpose.
What is a ceremony?
500
The Inuits lived in this.
What is an Igloo?
500
The Incans were known for what
What is building roads.
500
Name 3 of the Early American Civilization
What is Aztecs, Maya, and Inca?
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