Vocabulary
Name the Tribe
Mexico and South America
Dwellings
Because I Felt Like It
100

Early Americans were considered nomads

What is a nomad?

A person who moves from place to place 

100

Used totem poles and fished for salmon

Peoples of the West

100
Maya civilization was a theocracy


What does theocracy mean?

A society ruled by religious leaders
100

The Native Americans of the Plains lived in these structures

Tee pees

100

Mr. Brian's favorite movie is

Raiders of the Lost Ark

200

Symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds are called ______

Hieroglyphics 

200

Used furs and seal skins to keep warm

People of the North

200

The largest city in the Americas, Tenochtitlan was built during this empire

Aztec

200

The People of the East, like the Iroquois built these type of houses

Longhouses

200

Mr. Brian's favorite subject in school was

I'll accept History, Social Studies, or Gym/Recess

300

People who study the past by excavating historical sites and analyzing artifacts

(Indiana Jones was one)

Archaeologists

300

When the Spanish brought horses to the New World. Some got loose. The peoples of this area learned how to tame them and became skilled horse riders

The People of the Plains

300

This empire forced the people they conquered in battle to be their slaves, sometimes even sacrificing them to appease the gods

The Aztecs

300

The People of the Southwest, like the Anasazi, built these homes under cliffs

Cliff dwellings or pueblos

300

Name one of the flags in the classroom

(US flag and Maryland flag does not count!)

California

United Nations

European Union

Bermuda

British Virgin Islands

Cajun flag

400

Movement of a large number of people into a new homeland is called____

Migration

400

The people of this area also made up the 5 Iroquois Nations:

Seneca

Mohawk

Oneida

Cayuga

The Peoples of the East

400

This civilization developed in South America

The Inca

400

It's cold here. So the People of the North built these types of homes

Igloos

400

Mr. Brian's favorite soccer team is

Manchester United

500

Items such as weapons, baskets, and carvings of early people

artifacts

500

The peoples of this area, where the climate is warm, had close knit farming communities and grew tobacco, corn, and squash

The Peoples of the Southeast

500

The people of this civilization believed their emperor to be the descendant of the sun god

The Inca

500

Historians don't think these large earthen formations are dwellings. Rather, they may have been temples

Mound Builders

500

Name one of the bobbleheads on the bookshelf

Edgar Allan Poe

Bill Clinton

Teddy Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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