Geography and Early Cultures
This was the lifestyle of the first people in the Americas.
Hunter-Gatherer (Nomadic)
Scholars, governors, and military commanders were roles that were a part of this group in Maya society.
Upper class
War, trade, and what else were ways the Aztecs became rich and powerful?
Tribute
This place is said to be the beginning place of the Incas.
the Andes Mountains
Anasazi were located in this region of North America.
Southwest
This is the name for parts of southern Mexico and the countries that border South America.
Mesoamerica
Maya found out this by studying astronomy. (Hint: 365)
These buildings were all over the city of Tenochtitlan.
Temples
Quipus
The clan was the family foundation for native tribes from this region of North America.
Northeastern (Eastern Woodlands)
This groups towns were religious and government centers.
Olmec
Destructive, lots of prisoners, and between cities are used to describe this.
Maya warfare
Tenochtitlan was in the middle of this lake in Mexico.
Texcoco
People pay with physical labor in this system of taxes.
Mita
Great Plains tribes differed from other tribes in North America because they lived this kind of life.
Farming crops
Blood and human sacrifices were done to prevent what things?
Disasters or the End of the World
The reason the Aztecs gave many gifts to the Spanish when they heard of their arrival.
They thought Cortes was a god.
This was the reason for the Spanish attack on the Inca.
Their leader refused to become a Christian.
There were five different regions in North America. List 2 of them.
Any combination of: Far North, Far West, Great Plains, Eastern Woodlands, or Desert West
These three mountain ranges are found on the American continents.
Andes, Appalachians, Rockys
Kings forced people to work.
These four factors played a key role in the Aztec defeat by the Spaniards.
Alliances, Weapons, Geography, Disease
Inca roads were only open to people of these occupations.
Military and Government
The Hopi and Pueblo are descendants from this group.
Anasazi