Themes of Geography
Early Americans
Pot pourri
Great Civilizations
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100
zip code
What is functional region
100
The earliest people in American probably originated on this continent.
What is Asia?
100
Archaeology is a branch of this social science.
What is anthropology?
100
This was the earliest great civilization.
What is the Mayan civilization?
100
One animal that Europeans brought to America.
What is horses, pigs, cattle (one)
200
40 North Salem Rd. Cross River, NY
What is exact (or absolute) location?
200
Thick sheets of ice
What is a glacier?
200
Things that people have made or used.
What is an artifact?
200
They built their capital city on an island in the middle of a lake.
What is the Aztec civilization?
200
Themovement of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas.
What is the Columbian Exchange.
300
The lake was surrounded by snow covered mountains.
What is place?
300
Early cultures in the Southwest used this to grow crops in a dry climate.
What is irrigation?
300
A diary, interview, artifact or other source from an eyewitness.
What is a primary source?
300
The abandoned their cities around 900 CE
What is the Mayan civilization?
300
Unfortunately, this was brought to America by Europeans and led to Native American deaths.
What is disease (measles, smallpox, etc.)?
400
The Middle East has been plagued by wars.
What is perceptual region?
400
A party given by Northwest coast cultures at which many expensive gifts were given.
What is a potlach?
400
The first world map projection that was used for hundreds of years.
What is a Mercator projection?
400
They ruled an area in the Andes Mountains.
What is the Incan civilization?
400
A sled pulled by dogs or horses used by Plains Indians.
What is a travois?
500
The city dammed the river to create a reservoir
What is interaction (changing the environment?)
500
a longhouse
What is the shelter built by Eastern Woodlands culture groups?
500
The more accurated map projection
What is a Robinson projection?
500
They used government runners to carry messages throughout their empire.
What is the Incan civilization?
500
An underground chamber used by the Pueblos for religious ceremonies.
What is a kiva?
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