North American Societies
What was the most valuable thing for the peoples of the northwest?
The Sea, because they were able to hunt whales and used it as a trade route.
The homeland of maya stretched from southern mexico into northern central america. True or false?
True
The valley of mexico, a mountain basin about 7,500 feet above sea level served as the home base of several powerful culturals. True or False.
True
The Inca based their empire based around agriculture. True or false.
False
What is the name of our county?
Henderson
For what purpose did the culture of Mound Builders use the soil mounds?
They buried their dead
the period from 250 to 900 is know as what period
the classic period of Maya civilization.
Teotihuacan had a population of how many people.
150-200,000
Pachacuti conquered all of what land?
Peru
What type of animal is in Asa last name.
dragon
Why did the Upper New York tribes form a political alliance?
To ensure protection of tribal lands.
How did the Maya worship their many gods?
They prayed and made offerings of flood, flowers, and incense.
Why were the Aztecs poor, nomadic people.
Because of the harsh desert.
The ayllu or extended family group undertook a task to big for a single family. These task included...
irrigation canals or cutting agricultural terraces into steep hills
How old is Coach Sayles?
27
Why do people in the Northwest think that potlatch is a good way to show social status and wealth?
If a family gives something of higher vaulve it would show they could afford more expensive things.
Maya religious beliefs led to the development of what?
Calendar, mathematics, and astronomy.
How did the Aztecs gain their power.
They conquered people.
The Inca had ambitious public work programs, the most spectacular project was the?
inca road system
What is the name of our capital?
Austin
Culture pattern that shares people in North America.
They knew some way of life because they were relatives of their ancestors who shared the same environment.
Maya writing consisted of how many hieroglyphic symbols, or glyphs.
800
They are two broad classes in aztec society, what are they?
commoners and inslaves people
Which inca city served as ceremonial purpose
machu picchu
What crime was susan b anthony arrested for in 1872?
voting