Geography of the Americas
Where is the Andes Mountains located?
South America
Great Plains Native Americans lived in houses called
Teepees
What is the name for the belief in multiple gods?
Polytheistic
Yucatan Peninsula
Which civilization were known for having Llamas
Incan
The ocean to the left of America is called
The Pacific Ocean
True or False: teepees are permanent structures made from animal skin
Fale; they are temporary
What is another word for corn?
Incans were conquered by this Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizzaro
Incas were located in the
Andes Mountains in South Amerca
What is the big river that is located in North America?
Mississippi River
What is the name of the northeastern woodland house that is round instead of rectangular?
What is the name of a Spanish soldier looking for gold and fame?
Conquistador
The Incans developed this to keep record of people and goods
Quipu
Aztecs were conquered by this Spanish conquistador
Hernan Cortes
The Great Plains are located where in North America
The middle or midwest
squash, beans, and corn
Incan farmers created walls of stone on hillsides filling in space with soil for growing crops called
Terrace Farming
What was the capital Aztec city built on Lake Texcoco
Tenochtitlan
Name one Mayan advancement that we still use today
365 day calendar
Central America is called _________. Which is a strip of land that connects to bigger pieces of land.
Isthmus
The first people to arrive to the Americas were
cavemen from Asia
Raised roads over soggy ground which is like a bridge is called
Causeway
Mesoamerica consists of which 4 groups of people:
The Aztec civilization built these for farming?
Floating gardens