American civilizations
what was the first American civilization
the Olmec civilization
what are the Empires and how long did they last
the Aztecs and the Incas
Aztecs=1200-1500 AD
Incas= ???
what are the 4 types of Indians
the Eastern woodland, the southeast, the Great Plains , the Southwestern Indians
were did the great plains Indians live, what were they, what were there homes, did they have horses
They lived in the Great Plains, they were hunters they hunted especially buffalo (bison) , their houses were tepees = temporary + portable made from buffalo hide easy to follow what they hunted , no horses until Spanish explorers
how did humans get to America
they crossed a land bridge formed by the ice age between Russia and Alaska
what was the second civilization
where did they live what was the Aztecs Capital and what was it changed to when they got conquered and where was it and did the Aztecs have advanced tech
they lived in present day Mexico it was Tenochtitlan and it was changed to present day Mexico City and it was built in a lake and they did have advanced tech
were did the Eastern Woodland Indians live, what were their homes, what did they have, what is their hairstyle
in the Northeast and the Midwest, they lived in Wigwams made from trees, they had birch bark canoes, they had mohawk hairstyle so that their hair wouldn't get caught on tree branches as they hunt
what was the most important Great Plain tribe
The Sioux
what was happening in 1200 BC
Moses leads the Israelite out of Egypt and the Trojan war is happening
where did the first 2 civilizations live
the Olmec in mexico and Central America and the Maya in present day Guatemala
how did the Aztecs become a Empire and what happened to the Conquered people
by conquering all of the surrounding tribes of Mexico. the Conquered people had to pay taxes to the Aztecs, sometimes be their slaves, sometimes be used for human sacrifices
what is the Iroquois confederacy where did they live
most powerful Indian league of the Eastern Woodland Indians made of 5 tribes Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga they lived in present day New York
what were the 2 categories of the Southwestern Indians
nomadic, warlike and settled
what is happening in 400 BC
Roman Republic is 100 years old and Greece is in its classical age
how long did the first 2 american civilizations survive
Olmec = ~1200-400 BC
Maya = 250-900 AD
how were human sacrifice done and how many skulls were found in one location
sacrifices were done on tall pyramid temples with steep stairs often the priest would cut out the victims beating heart with an Obsidian knife (hardened volcanic lava= black) then cut off the head flay the skin throw the body down the stairs and pile up the heads. In one location 100,000 skulls were found
how were the Eastern Woodland Indians gardens planted and what were they called
called the 3 sisters = corn, beans growing up the corn, squash as ground cover
what were the Southwestern settled tribe houses, what were the tribes, what were they
they lived in square shaped houses with ladders made from mud and sand some were built into sides of cliffs , the famous tribes were Hopi and Yuma, they were farmers
what was happening ~ 250 AD
deep into the Roman Empire
were the Incas actually a Civilization
no, they had no writing
where did the Incas live and what were there technological achievements and what did they not have
they lived in modern day Peru in South America, roads + rope bridges through the steep Andes mountains they used llamas for transportation had no wheel
where did the southeast tribes live, what were they, what were the names of the tribes
they lived in present day Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, they were farmers, the tribe names were Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek
what were the nomadic southwestern tribes houses, tribes,
there houses were tepees the tribes were Navajo, Apache, Comanche
what was happening in 900 AD
100 years after the beginning of the middle ages