Vocab
Civilizations
Vocab
Native Americans
Vocab
100
This is the study of material remains of ancient peoples
What is archaeology
100
This was the first and most important of the civilizations
What is Mayans
100
A form of writing that uses symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds
What is hieroglyphics
100
One theory involves Natives walking across what to get to North America
What is land bridge
100
This is a group of people who have a common ancestor
What is a clan
200
This is the scientific method of determining the age of an artifact
What is carbon dating
200
These people made their home in Machu Pichu
What is the Incas
200
a narrow passage of water between two larger bodies of water
What is a strait
200
These were the people who settled in North America
What is the Inuit People
200
A tool, weapon, or other object left behind by early peoples
What is an artifact
300
This is a society that is ruled by religious leaders
What is a theocracy
300
These people made their home in Tenochitalin
What is the Aztecs
300
A peoples shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors
What is culture
300
These people were known to settle on Plateaus
What is the Western People
300
Person who moves from place to place
What is a nomad
400
This is the practice of supplying water to crops by artificial means
What is irrigation
400
The people made human sacrifices to their gods
What is the Aztecs
400
A variety of corn
What is maize
400
These people were the ancestors of the Puebloans Indians
What is the Southwestern Peoples
400
The movement of people into a new area
What is migration
500
This is a government that links and unites different groups
What is a federation
500
These people used a quipus to count
What is the Incas
500
A highly developed society
What is a civilization
500
These Natives were nomadic and hunted the plains
What is the Plains people
500
The best teacher in this school
What is Mr. Hickey
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