Early American Civs
Western Native Cultures
Eastern Native Cultures
100
This is where complex societies formed from Mexico to Central America.
Where or What is MesoAmerica.
100
The Aleuts used walrus and seal hides to make this Northwestern Native mode of transportation.
What is a kayak?
100
Named after a snake, this mound is built on a cliff of an ancient impact crater.
What is the Serpent Mound?
200
The oldest MesoAmerican civilization, lived along the lowlands along the Coast of Mexico.
Who were the Olmec.
200
Adobe homes and multi-level structures were the hallmark of this Western culture.
Who are the Pueblo?
200
In 1000 BC, or 3000 years ago, people like the Hopewell buried their dead here.
What are mounds or Earthen mounds.
300
The mountain civilizations of the Inca and Moche used this method to channel water to their crops.
What is irrigation?
300
This term, used to describe a Native group like the Blackfoot, A people who survived by following and hunting bison (buffalo).
What is migration (migrated, migrate)?
300
Societies like the Chickasaw and Choctow used this to trace their family lines and transfer familial ownership.
What is matrilineal?
400
What is Machu Picchu?
400
Much like the Maya, the Hohokam used this practice, which means to bring into the home, to farm and stay in one place.
What is domestication?
400
Eastern Woodland groups did this to constantly create new fertile land as they frequently moved.
What is slash and burn agriculture?
500
Metalworkers from this Native tribe would place monkey heads inside the tombs of nobility.
Who are the Moche?
500
People along the West Coast had plentiful food leading to feasts where people shared gifts at these get togethers to show their social status.
What are potlatches?
500
The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca made up this Native Nation.
What is the Iroquis League?