Geography
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Native American Cultures
Native American Culture Vocabulary
Civilization
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
100
The civilization located in South America
What is:
Incan Empire
100
Why did the first Americans continue to travel south once they crossed into North America
What is:
They followed herds of animals into warmer climates
100
Which ruler was regarded as a descendent of the sun god
what is:
Inca Emperor
100
The continent Native Americans developed in
What is:
North America
100
A sun-dried brick
What is:
Adobe
100
A large town that has its own government and controls the surrounding countryside
What is:
City State
200
Mexico was the region of which Empire
What is:
Aztec Empire
200
How did the first people arrive in North America
What is:
Bering Land Bridge, migration, following herds of animals
200
Tenochtitlan is the capitol city of this empire
What is:
Aztec Empire
200
True or False
Native Americans across North America treated women and men equally
What is:
True
200
A communal dwelling consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet in length
What is:
Long House
200
An extensive group of city states, states, or countries under a single supreme authority, emperor or empress
What is:
Empire
300
The Gulf Basin was where this civilization developed
What is:
Olmec Civilization
300
The first recorded civilization in the Americas
What is:
Olmec Civilization
300
the Empire covering the region within the Andes Mountains
What is:
Inca Empire
300
The introduction of the horse helped the tribes within this culture area to hunt bison
What is:
Great Plains
300
A portable dwelling/ tent made of skins, cloth, or canvas on a frame of poles
What is:
Tepee
300
A society or place that reaches an advanced stage of social and cultural development and organization
What is:
Civilization
400
The Yucatan Peninsula was where this civilization developed
What is:
Maya Civilization
400
The Inca civilization participated in this game that resulted in the sacrifice of the losing team
What is:
Pok-A-Tok
400
Cuzco is considered the Holy city and capitol for which Empire
What is:
Inca Empire
400
Potlaches and Totem poles are traditions of the tribes amongst this culture area
What is:
Northwest Coast Culture Area
400
A group of two or more related Native American families
What is:
Clan
400
The process of spreading ideas from one culture to another
What is:
Diffusion
500
The Culture area known for its plentiful resources, forests of cedar trees used to carve canoes and longhouses for tribes such as the Coos
What is:
Northwest Coast Culture Area
500
The 5 aspects of a civilization
What is:
Cities, Government, Religion, Social Class, Record Keeping
500
Who is at the top of the Inca and Aztec social classes, and who is at the top of the Maya social class
What is:
Emperor
Priests
500
This influenced Native Americans lifestyle (clothing, food options and homes)
What is:
Geography, Climate, Resources
500
Various North American cultures that build large earth mounds beginning about 3,000 years ago
What is:
Mound Builders
500
A raised road made of packed earth used to access the Aztec capitol
What is:
Causeway
600
The culture area that is known for its earth mounds and home to the Cherokee Tribe
What is:
Southeast Culture Area
600
The civilization known for building homes on top of earth mounds for irrigation
What is:
Olmec Civilization
600
Which social groups were equal within the Aztec society
What is:
Priests and Nobles
Merchants and Artisans
600
Hunters and gathers usually did not live in permanent settlements and were considered this because their survival depended on tracking and following herds
What is:
Nomadic
600
The entire way of life of a people
What is:
Culture
600
The wide shelf of land cut into a hillside for farming purposes
What is:
Terrace
700
The culture area that is known for its Pueblo villages and home to the Anasazi Tribe
What is:
South West Culture Area
700
Which civilization perfected methods of astronomy and mathematics to create a calendar to aid in agricultural practices
What is:
Maya Civilization
700
Who did emperors allocate regions within the empire to maintain (settle issues, collect taxes, order military operations)
What is:
Officials and Governors
700
Native Americans began living in permanent settlements once they were able to do this
What is:
Cultivate crops/ farm
700
An Anasazi village (name coined by European Explorers that means "Spanish Village")
What is:
Pueblo
700
A division or ranking of importance or prominence of the people within a society based on social and economic status
What is:
Social Class
800
The culture area known for its grasslands and bison hunting tribes such as the Cheyennes
What is:
Great Plains Culture area
800
The civilization known for large stone head carvings located within their cities
What is:
Olmec
800
Why were terraces used within the Incan infrastructure
What is:
Irrigation and farming purposes within the mountainous regions
800
The Anasazi Tribe left their villages to become "Cliff Dwellers" because of this
What is:
Protection from warlike, violent, raiding neighboring tribes
800
Houses dug into the ground and covered with wood and skins
What is:
Pit House
800
The movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions
What is:
Migration
900
The Culture area known for its frozen temperatures and short growing season that is home to the Inuit Tribes
What is:
Arctic Culture Area
900
This civilization used rubber from trees to create a ball used for games
What is:
Olmec Civilization
900
What infrastructure did the Aztecs add to their capitol for travel and farming purposes
What is:
Chinaimpas (floating gardens)
Causeways (built up roads)
900
Kachinas are spirits who brought rain to crops for this particular culture located in desert regions
What is:
Pueblos
900
A community of people who share common customs, languages, and rituals
What is:
Tribe
900
The term used to describe a man-made system whereby water is spread from its natural source (such as a lake or river) over a much larger geographic range to aid in agricultural production
What is:
Irrigation
1000
The Culture Area that included today's Great Lakes, New York and Maine which was known for its plentiful resources that was home to the Iroquois Nation
What is:
Eastern Woodlands Culture Area
1000
How did culture, traditions and skills diffuse across the South and Central America into North America
What is:
Trade networks
1000
Which Empire had elite warriors and what were these warriors called
What is:
Aztec Eagle and Jaguar Warriors
1000
A sachem is a council of 50 selected tribal leaders who made decisions for which tribal group
What is:
The League of the Iroquois
1000
A region in which people share a similar way of life
What is:
Culture Area
1000
The term used for the production of food by preparing the land to grow crops and planting seed(farming)
What is:
Cultivation