The First Americans
What was the earliest known civilization in the Americas and where was it located?
What is: The Olmec; in what is now Mexico?
Why did priests have great power in the Maya social structure?
What is: The Maya believed that only priests could perform the ceremonies that assured good harvest and victory in battles.
How did the Hohokam adapt to living in a desert region?
What is: The Hohokam dug irrigation ditches from rivers to their fields, so they could grow crops like corn and beans.
Why did the tribes who lived in the Southwest region irrigate the land?
What is: They needed the river's water to grow crops such as corn, pumpkins, and beans.
Within the system of feudalism, who was at the top of society?
What is: Kings and powerful lords?
How might the Olmec and Maya civilization differ from one built in a colder region?
What is there would be more opportunities for farming. The clothing, food, and houses would also be different.
What are to key things that the Aztec and Maya have in common?
What is: They both studied the heavens to create complex calendars.
What is the name given to the homes the Anasazi built?
What is Adobe?
Before Europeans brought horses to the Americas, how did Great Plains tribes hunt?
What is: on foot, dressed as wolves.
What was the role of peasants in the life of the manor?
What is: They were farmers who provided for for the manor.
Who are the first people to discover the rubber plant?
Who is the Olmec?
In Aztec society please name the classes of society in order starting at the top.
1. Emperor
2. Priests/Nobles
3. Warriors
4. Farmers
5. Serfs/Servants/Slaves
When the Spanish later saw building that look like an adobe, what did they call them?
What is Pubelos?
What do you think American Indians might have assumed if there was a lack of rain?
What is: That they have offended their spirits?
Why were clergy often the only people in a community able to read and write?
What is: The only source for education was through the Church?
Who gave the Olmecs the name "The Rubber People", and why were they given that name?
What is: The Aztecs, and what is because the Olmecs used the sap from the Rubber plant to waterproof clothes, make balls , and shoes.
How did the Aztec benefit from digging canals?
What is: Canals helped the Aztec farm, and digging canals provided dirt to fill parts of Lake Texcoco?
Why were the Chipewyan, a Subartic people, nomadic?
What is: They had to follow large game in order to have enough food.
What role did women play in the clans of the Iroquois League?
WHat is: They chose clan leaders and could remove the leader from his position if he did not do his job well.
Why was the development of the magnetic compass a serious innovation?
What is It improved navigation ?
How were city-states an important part of Maya civilization?
What is: They were the basic political unit and acted as centers of trade.
Why did Aztecs construct causeways?
What is: They needed to link the capital of Tenochtitan to the mainland.
What two things did the Natchez name their months after.
What is: Animals and Plants
What state are most of the Iroquois located in and what do they call themselves?
What is New York
What is: People of the Long House.
Which cities on the Trans Saharan and Trans Arabian trade routes were located on the Mediterranean Sea?
What is: Fez, Tunis, Tripoli, and Cairo?