Prehistory
Iroquois
Regions
Vocab
MesoAmerica
100

Prehistoric people used this to journey to the Americas

What is a Land Bridge

100

The Iroquois(Haudenosaunee) were located in modern-day state?

New York

100

The Natives of the Plains primarily relied on this animal for food and shelter

The Buffalo

100

To move around in search of food/not living in one area

Nomadic

100

The Aztecs built these in order to give themselves more land to farm on

Floating Gardens(chinompas)

200

Archaeologists use these to figure out what happened before history started to be written

Artifacts

200
The original Iroquois confederacy had this many tribes

5

200

The people of this region mostly hunted whales, caribou and seals because their environment did not support farming

The Far North/Artic

200

Shared language, geography, customs and history

Culture

200

The Inca lived in an environment dominated by this geographic feature

Mountains

300

Prehistoric humans migrated to the Americas for this reason

To follow migrating animals that they hunted

300

This person selected council members in the Iroquois confederacy

Clan Mother

300

The Natives of the Southwest used this material to build their homes because they lacked other resources

Adobe/Clay

300

Living in one place and not moving around

Sedentary

300

Although they did not have iron or bronze, the Inca and Aztecs were masters of working with these two metals

Gold/Silver

400

Prehistoric humans mostly hunted Wooly Mammoths until they went extinct at the end of this period

The Ice Age

400

This figure is credited with helping form the Iroquois confederacy

Hiawatha/Peacemaker

400

The people of this region primarily ate fish and used dried leaves as clothing to keep dry

The Natives of the Northwest

400

The weather conditions of a particular area over a long period of time

climate

400

The Aztecs and Inca were conquered by this European nation

Spain

500

This development led Native Americans to stop migrating

Agriculture/Farming

500

The Iroquois practiced this type of democratic system

Representative 

500

The Creek tribe were from which region

The Southeast

500

The study of history through the use of material remains

Archaeology

500

The Aztec capital city was called

Tenochtitlan

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