Geography of the Americas
The (4) major geographical areas of the Americas include: North America, South America, __________ ____________, & the Caribbean.
What is Central America?
The Inuit people are best known for living in these structures.
What are Igloos?
This was the very first Mesoamerican civilization.
Who are the Olmecs?
This civilization was located in the Andes Mountains of Peru.
Who are the Incas/Inca Civilization?
This was the primary food crop grown by the Olmec, Maya, and Aztecs for survival.
What is Maize (Corn)?
This is South America's longest river, spanning over 4,000 miles.
What is the Amazon River?
These people, also known as Mound Builders, are associated with earth tombs.
Who are the Hopewell People (Mound Builders)?
The Olmec are best known for creating these massive stone artworks.
What are Colossal Stone Heads?
This is the capital city best associated with the Inca civilization.
What is Macchu Picchu?
This type of leader sat at the top of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca empires.
What is an Emperor?
The Amazon River flows all the way from South America to this specific ocean.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The Hopewell people built these specific structures to serve as tombs.
What are Earth Mounds?
The Maya & Aztec civilizations both practiced the religious ritual of ______ ________.
What are Human Sacrifices?
Unlike the civilizations of Mesoamerica, the Inca notably lacked this system for communication.
What is a Writing System?
The Maya used the fruit of this tree as a form of money in their markets.
What are Cacao (cocoa) tree/beans?
The first Americans used this to migrate to North America.
What is a Land Bridge?
The Anasazi people lived and settled in cliff dwellings called ______.
What are Pueblos?
The Maya civilization is also best known for their invention of the ______, known as the Long Count, which was based on a belief in cycles of creation and destruction.
What is the Calendar?
Because they had no writing system, the Inca kept records using this knotted string system.
What is Quipu?
Ancient Mesoamericans used these three specific natural resources (a gem, a glass, and a shell).
What are Jade, Obsidian, and/or Seashells?
The first people likely arrived to North America by crossing this land bridge from Asia when sea levels dropped.
What is the Bering Strait (land bridge)?
This was the name of the political/cultural alliance formed by the Iroquois.
What is the Iroquois League?
This capital city is best associated with the Aztec civilization.
What is Tenochtitlán?
Which agricultural technique did the Inca master to farm on the steep slopes of the Andes Mountains?
What are Chinampas?
The Maya calendar was based on a belief in these specific repeating events.
What are Cycles of Creation & Destruction?