Vocab
First People in N. America
Early Civilizations
Migration
100

People who continuously move to find food

What is a nomad?

100

Which tool was useful for hunting for early Americans?

What is a spear?

100

The Olmec, Aztec, and Inca were early __________                                       

What is civilizations?

100

Early peoples migrated to north America to find . . . 

What is food?

200

Type of government that is led by a religious leader

What is a theocracy?

200

Which region included permafrost and whales in their environment?

What is the north?

200

The process of creating a way to bring water to crops that would otherwise not have a stable water supply

What is irrigation?

200

Term used in farming referring to the growing and gathering of food

What is cultivate?

300

People’s shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors

What is culture?

300

Name the first plant foot cultivated or grown in the Americas.

What is maize?

300

Which early civilization conquered their neighbors and used enslaved peoples for labor?

What is the Aztec?

300

What animal was hunted to extinction during early peoples migration from Asia to America?

What is the mammoth?

400

The name of a the land bridge that once connected Asia to North America

What is Beringia?

400

Which native North American culture built dwellings in the walls of steep cliffs?

What are the Puebloans?

400

Which of the following best describes the Inca civilization?

What is militaristic?

400

The early people of America mostly had access to their food using what method?

What is hunting and gathering?

500

Highly developed societies

What is a civilization?

500

Which word best describes prehistoric Americans who moved back and forth between seasonal homes

What is semi-nomadic?

500

Which civilization created an advanced calendar that predicted eclipses?

What are the Maya?

500

List the one of the theories of how people migrated to the Americas.

What is travel by land bridge OR travel by boat?

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