Geography
First American Cultures
Early Cultures in North America
The Maya
North American Peoples
100
Isthmus
What is a narrow piece of land that connects two larger areas of land?
100
The Olmec civilization
What is the oldest known civilization in Mesoamerica?
100
The Hohokam
What is a group of people that lived in the desert of the American Southwest?
100
Sinkholes
What is the area where the land has fallen and formed a hollow?
100
The Inuit
What is the name of the group of people who settled south of the Arctic Circle?
200
The Rocky Mountains
What is the mountain chain that runs along the Western side of North America?
200
Teotihuacan
What is one of the first planned cities in the Americas?
200
The Anasazi
What is another group of people who lived in the Southwest and built irrigation canals to bring water to their fields?
200
The King
Who is the sole ruler of a Mayan city-state?
200
Igloos, Pueblos, Hogans, and Tepees
What are the types of Native American Buildings?
300
The Andes
What is the mountain range that stretches along the Pacific Coast of South America?
300
Monte Alban
What is a large city built by the Zapotec People?
300
The Mound Builders
What is the name of people who built huge mounds of earth east of the Mississippi River?
300
Kinich Ahau
Who is it that the Maya believed the Maya king descended from?
300
Apache and Navajo
Who are two groups who settled in the Southwest region of North America?
400
The Mississippi River
What is the longest river in North America?
400
Rainforests of Mexico
What is where the Maya civilization began?
400
Tombs and Ceremonies
What is the purpose of the mounds the mound builders created?
400
Class system
What is the social structure where everyone in Maya culture had a role to play?
400
Tepees
What are tents made from animal skins?
500
The Amazon River
What is the longest river in South America?
500
The Chavin
What is a group of people that settled along the coastal areas of present day Peru and Ecuador?
500
The Mississippians
What is another group of mound builders that arose in the A.D. 700s along the Mississippi River?
500
The city-state of Calakmul
What is the name of the city-state that is believed to have two female queens?
500
The Iroquois League
What are the 5 different Native American groups that established a form of government as part of the Eastern Woodland groups?
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