The Ice Age
Agriculture and Culture
Native American Groups 1
Native American Groups 2
Miscellaneous
100
Record the name of the present-day U.S. state where the land bridge crossed into America.
Alaska
100
Give an example or define hieroglyphics.
Picture messages
100
Had a theocracy and wrote in hieroglyphics
Maya
100
Were really many groups of people who made dirt hills for homes and temples
Mound Buiders
100
Name the present-day state that was home to the largest settlement of Mound Builiders.
Illinois
200
Identify the name of the land bridge that the earliest Native Americans used to cross to America.
Beringia
200
Identify what happened in the 1500s that changed the ways of life for the Native Americans forever.
The Europeans arrived.
200
Settled on an island because of a sign from their god (eagle with a snake)
Aztec
200
Sculpted large stone monuments, built stone pavements and drainage systems
Olmec
200
Identify the largest settlement of the Mound Builders.
Cahokia
300
Name the system through which scientists found traces of villages that date back about 5,000 years.
carbon dating
300
List the discovery which turned nomads into farmers.
Maize
300
Developed a powerful army and built a large war-driven empire
Inca
300
Wore clothing sealskin
Inuit
300
Define what prehistoric Native Americans in North America built thousand of.
Earth mounds
400
List the dates of the most recent Ice Age.
100,000 to 12,000 years ago
400
Explain why agriculture was important to the social lives of Native Americans.
It caused them to form communities.
400
Promoted peace through creating a federation
Iroquois
400
Built stone dwellings later called pueblos, including Pueblo Bonito
Anasazi
400
Religion played a large role in the lives of early Americans. Choose one group and explain how religion affected them.
Maya - had a theocracy, their priests believed that the gods were visible in the stars, sun and moon. Aztec - guided by priests, believed gods required human sacrifices Inca - tried to please the sun god by making jewelry and building cities devoted to religious ceremonies
500
Describe the life of a nomad.
Moved place to place. Ate grains/fruits. Depended on hunting.
500
Explain why Americans began to farm.
Woolly mammoths died. They needed new food sources. Discovered maize.
500
Experts at squeezing every drop of water from dry soil
Hohokam
500
Identify the capital of the Aztec Empire.
Tenochtitlan
500
Explain how at least TWO groups adapted to their environment.
Hohokam - dug irrigation channels to water the fields Anasazi - native stone and natural cliffs for housing Inuit - wore sealskin to protect themselves Plains - Used horses for transportation Northwest - ate salmon as a staple Mound Builders - created shelter out of the ground
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