Vocab
People who continuously move to find food
What is a nomad?
Which tool was useful for hunting for early Americans?
What is a spear?
The Olmec, Aztec, and Inca were early __________
What is civilizations?
Early peoples migrated to north America to find . . .
What is food?
Type of government that is led by a religious leader
What is a theocracy?
Which region included permafrost and whales in their environment?
What is the north?
The process of creating a way to bring water to crops that would otherwise not have a stable water supply
What is irrigation?
Term used in farming referring to the growing and gathering of food
What is cultivate?
People’s shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors
What is culture?
Name the first plant foot cultivated or grown in the Americas.
What is maize?
Which early civilization conquered their neighbors and used enslaved peoples for labor?
What is the Aztec?
What animal was hunted to extinction during early peoples migration from Asia to America?
What is the mammoth?
The name of a the land bridge that once connected Asia to North America
What is Beringia?
Which native North American culture built dwellings in the walls of steep cliffs?
What are the Puebloans?
Which of the following best describes the Inca civilization?
What is militaristic?
The early people of America mostly had access to their food using what method?
What is hunting and gathering?
Highly developed societies
What is a civilization?
Which word best describes prehistoric Americans who moved back and forth between seasonal homes
What is semi-nomadic?
Which civilization created an advanced calendar that predicted eclipses?
What are the Maya?
List the one of the theories of how people migrated to the Americas.
What is travel by land bridge OR travel by boat?