Central/South American Natives
What are the three major native societies in Central and South America?
Mayans, Aztec, and Inca
What tradition did the Aztecs and Inca have in common?
Powerful military tradition
Which gender was dominant in Eastern Woodlands Native Societies?
Female / Matrilineal / Matrilocal
What was the capital/largest city of the Mississippi River Valley
Cahokia
What was the most common food that was grown and consumed by the North American Native Societies?
Maize/Corn
What time period did the Mayans dominate their region?
300-800 AD
Which Central/South American Native Society picked up after the fall of the Mayans?
The Aztecs
What was the climate of the Southwest Natives?
Arid, drought prone
What type of housing did the Great Plains Natives live in?
Tepees
Great Plains Natives were nomadic for what reason?
There were scarce natural resources in the area they lived in
Which Central/South American Native Society had a hieroglyph based writing system?
Mayans
What was the population of Tenochtitlan? (It was equivalent to the population of Europe's largest cities at the time)
~200,000
Identify one tribe from the Great Basin
Utes, Shoshones
What was the housing style of the Southwest Natives?
Terrace, multistory
What were the most abundant food resources of the Eastern Woodlands? Identify 2 out of 3
Corn, Beans, Squash
Tenochtitlan was the capital of what Central/South American Native Society?
Bonus: What kind of geography was it built on?
The Aztecs
Bonus: marshy land that was drained
What job/occupation did the majority of Incan subjects have?
Farmers
Identify one tribe from the Southwest Natives
Pueblo / Anasazi
What was a unique trait of how the Mississippi River Valley Natives built/constructed things?
They built earth mounds to construct important buildings on.
What material did the Mississippi River Valley Natives use to make their tools?
Iron
Which Native Society in Central/South America had a vast roadway system?
The Inca
How did the Incan subjects pay taxes?
Through working public labor (Not payment of money or goods)
What kind of housing did the Great Basin Natives live in?
Wikiups / Wigwams
What did the Great Plains Natives primarily hunt for food?
Bison
What is one of the most important/major Eastern Woodlands Native groups?
Iroquois Confederacy