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This evidence, including Clovis culture artifacts, supports the theory that humans migrated to North America via the Bering land bridge.
What is archaeological evidence?
Plains tribes used this part of the buffalo as fuel for fires.
What is buffalo dung?
Iroquois leaders, called sachems, were selected by this group of respected women within their tribes.
Who are the clan mothers?
The Inca managed their vast empire with the help of these messengers, who carried goods and information across their road network.
Who are the chasquis?
This term refers to the journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
Genetic similarities in this type of DNA link indigenous peoples of the Americas to Siberian populations.
What is mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)?
Great Plains tribes depended on the migration patterns of this animal for their survival.
What is the buffalo?
This decision-making process, practiced by the Iroquois, required all members to agree before a resolution was passed.
What is consensus decision-making?
This labor system in the Inca Empire required citizens to work on state projects, such as roads and temples.
What is mit’a?
Pennsylvania and other Middle Colonies were nicknamed this because of their grain production.
What are the breadbasket colonies?
The migration across Beringia was made possible by this geological event during the Last Glacial Maximum.
What are lower sea levels?
This preserved food, made from dried meat, fat, and sometimes berries, was a staple for nomadic tribes.
What is pemmican?
The Iroquois referred to themselves as this, symbolizing unity and shared purpose among the tribes.
Who are the People of the Longhouse?
This alliance between Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan helped the Aztecs dominate their region.
What is the Triple Alliance?
Colonists in New England relied on this industry due to the region's rocky soil and abundant forests.
What are shipbuilding and timber?
This was the primary role of Beringia during the migration of humans and animals into the Americas.
What is a land bridge?
Buffalo hides were used to make these essential structures, providing shelter on the Great Plains.
What are tepees?
This central council of the Iroquois Confederacy included representatives from all member tribes.
What is the Grand Council?
This sun god was the central deity of Inca religion and was believed to be the ancestor of the Sapa Inca.
Who is Inti?
This colonial port city became the largest in the colonies by the mid-18th century, handling much of the grain trade.
What is Philadelphia?
This animal was a symbol of life and abundance and played a central role in the spiritual and economic life of the Great Plains tribes.
What is the buffalo?
The Iroquois Confederacy operated under this sophisticated system of governance, which emphasized balance and cooperation.
What is the Great Law of Peace?
The Aztecs built these floating gardens to maximize agricultural output.
What are chinampas?
This economic policy required colonies to provide raw materials to their mother country and trade only with it.
What is mercantilism?
Colonists protested British taxes with this slogan, emphasizing their lack of representation in Parliament.
What is "No taxation without representation"?