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What is migration?
movement of people from one region to another.
Society that lived along the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri River Valleys. They supported their large population with agriculture and trade.
Hopewell
These were underground ceremonial chambers at the center of each community. These were sacred areas for religious ceremonies.
kivas
They started to build pueblos around 750 AD.
Anasazi
What is culture?
a group’s set of common values and traditions, which includes language, government and family relationships.
This was located in what is now the southern part of Mexico and northern Central America.
Mesoamerica
This civilization of Mesoamerica gained their success from their superior military.
Aztec
Mississippians built hundreds of ____________ for religious ceremonies.
mounds
climates and landscapes that surround living things.
Environment
Cahokia was near which present-day American city?
St. Louis
What is maize also known as?
corn
Two biggest causes of trading success for Ghana?
salt and gold
Many scientists believe that the first people on our continent arrived during what?
Ice Age
founded as a capital in 1325 in Mesoamerica and became the greatest city in the Americas.
Tenochtitlan
This culture thrived after the Hopewell declined in 700 AD. They built large settlements. One of these was Cahokia,
Mississippian
This civilization was building large cities by 200 AD
Maya
They grew maize and lived in the four-corners region of Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico
Anasazi
These are above ground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe.
pueblos
The earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica
Olmec
This was a land bridge between what is now northeastern Asia and Alaska
Bering Land Bridge
Pawnee society, like some other Native American tribes, was _______________, which means people traced their ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers.
matrilineal
Term for people who hunted for animals and gathered plants for food.
hunter-gatherers
The people who were believed to have crossed the Bering Land Bridge were called...
Paleo Indians
This civilization was based in South America. Around 12 million people lived there by the 1500s.
Inca
This civilization was known for their use of stone in architecture and sculpture.
Olmec