The Ancient American Ancients
This culture created mounds in the east south of the Ohio River Valley.
Who were the Hopewell?
This was the capital of the Aztec Empire.
What is Tenochtitlan?
The nomadic tribes of this region, known for hunting bison and living in teepees, included the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Comanche.
What are the Great Plains?
The Mayans are famous for building pyramids topped with these.
What are temples?
This was the first government within North America.
What is the Iroquoi Confederacy?
This culture of the American Southwest, known for their intricate pottery and irrigation systems, flourished between 200 and 1450 CE.
Who were the Hohokam?
This cultural region lived in an environment with mild winters and hot, humid summers. There was plenty of rain.
What is the Southeast?
In the Eastern Woodlands the structures people lived in were made by bending small trees into a dome shaped frame. These were then covered in thatch to create buildings where multiple families would inhabit.
What are Longhouses?
This civilization established themselves on the Yucatan Peninsula.
Who were the Maya?
This culture is known for building massive earthen mounds in the Ohio River Valley, including the famous Serpent Mound.
Who are the Adena?
This cultural region, stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River, was home to the Iroquois, Cherokee, and other agricultural societies. They had thick forests, plenty of rain, and access to many rivers.
What is the Northeast?
These home were found in the southwest region. They were made out of stone and adobe and could be from four to five stories high. They looked like apartment buildings
What are pueblos?
This civilization is famous for its calendar, pyramids, and its capital city, Tenochtitlán.
Who were the Aztecs?
This ancient culture of the Southeastern United States was known for its large cities like Cahokia and its complex mound-building society.
Who are the Mississippians or Cahokians?
As they migrated, early Native Americans had to do this to survive in their environment.
What is adapt?
This cultural region of the Puget Sound area is known for its rich marine resources, totem poles, andwooden homes.
What is Northeast?
Native Americans in the Great Plains region used these for shelter because they were easy to move from one place to another.
What is a teepee?
This empire, known for its vast road network and advanced stone masonry, had its capital at Cusco.
Who were the Inca?
This ancient civilization, located in the Four Corners region of the United States, is known for its cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde.
Who are the Ancient Puebloans?
This was the main building material of the Southwest. It consisted of red mud dried in the sun.
What is adobe?
This region, located in the present-day area of Four Corners, is known for its pueblos, cliff dwellings, adobe bricks, and dry farming techniques.
What is the Southwest region?
This settlement was carved and built in a cliff face.
What is Mesa Verde?
This ancient Mesoamerican civilization developed the first writing system in the Americas and built the colossal heads.
Who were the Olmecs?