Vocabulary
believing in many gods
polytheistic
What is it called when certain people do different jobs?For example, think about your art, music, and PE teachers.
job specialization
All of the groups we learned about lived in which hemisphere? (HINT: do not say northern or southern)
Western
What do we call something we're unsure about, but made an educated guess using science and artifacts?
hypothesis or theory
What were most of the Adena mounds used for?
burials
tools, clothing, or items left being from long ago that can tell us about what that time was like
artifacts
Which characteristic describes the beliefs and rituals a civilization believes in?
organized religion
Which culture group was famous for mound building?
Adena
How do we think people first came to the Western hemisphere?
over a frozen land bridge
What 2 continents make up the western hemisphere?
North America and South America
hunters or gatherers who moved from place to place
nomads
What was the major Incan city?
Cuzco
The Inca used this type off farming to have gardens built into steps on hills or mountains
Terrace farming
These groups were hunter gatherers, or __________
nomads
The chart we filled in about the US, Maya, Inca, and Aztecs tell us the characteristics of __________.
civilizations
first people in Americas, hunter/gatherers, nomads
paleo-indians
What do we call different groups/levels of jobs (farmers, nobles, King)
social hierarchy
What do we call another word for farming and how people grow food?
agriculture
What do we call items that we use to learn about ancient cultures?
artifacts
Tell one difference between the US and the Maya.
Did you check your chart?
language written in pictures
How many characteristics of civilizations are there?
7
Name the three Paleo-Indian groups we read about (NOT Maya, Inca, Aztec)
Adena, Haida, and Taino
How did the paleo-indians get their food?
hunting animals and gathering plants
Tell one similarity between the US and the Maya.
Did you check your chart?