VOCABULARY
TOPIC 1: THE FIRST AMERICANS
TOPIC 2: MIGRATION
TOPIC 3: EARLY PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS
TOPIC 4: NATIVE AMERICANS IN 1492
100
TO HELP THINGS GROW
CULTIVATE
100
WHAT WAS THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE FIRST AMERICANS?
11,500 B.C.E.
BONUS 200 points
100
WHAT WAS THE FIRST FOOD GROWN IN THE AMERICAS?
CORN/MAIZE
100
WHO HAD A MILITARY EMPIRE?
THE AZTECS
100
WHICH OCEAN HAD FRIGIS LANDS?
THE ARTIC OCEAN
200
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE INTO A NEW AREA
MIGRATION
200
WHAT WAS THE CHOCOLATE DRINK CALLED?
THE SACRED ELIXAR
200
WHICH PEOPLE FLOURISHED FIRST?
THE HOPEWELL
200
WHICH CULTURE WERE ACTIVE TRADERS?
THE MAYA
200
WHAT WERE WHALEBONES USED FOR?
BUILDING HOUSES/ROOFS
200 point BONUS
300
HIGHLY DEVELOPED SOCIETY
CIVILIZATION
300
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST CULTURAL REGION IN THE USA AT THE TIME AND WHERE WERE THEY FOUND IN NORTH AMERICA?
FOR DOUBLE POINTS (MUST GET BOTH ANSWERS CORRECT TO GET DOUBLE POINTS!!!)
THE GREAT PLAINS, THEY WERE FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONTINENT.
300
A LAND BRIDGE
BERINGIA
300
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT?
HIEROGLYPHICS
300
WHICH CULTURE WAS CONSIDERED A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE?
THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE
400
A GROUP OF PEOPLE GO TO THE MOVIES. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH VOCABULARY WORD?
COLLECTIVELY
400
WHERE WAS THE LEGEND OF THE 6 TOED PEOPLE FOUND?
IN NEW MEXICO
400
WHAT REGION DID THE IROQUOIS PEOPLE COME FROM?
NORTHEAST REGION OF THE USA
400
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST EMPIRE?
THE MAYA EMPIRE
400
WHAT ANIMAL WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE CENTRAL LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PLAINS?
BUFFALO
500
DEFINITION OF THEOCRACY
A SOCIETY THAT IS RULED BY RELIGIOUS LEADERS
500
WHAT IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF?
PUEBLOS
500
PRE-HISTORIC AMERICANS BULIT AND MADE MANY THINGS, NAME TWO.
HOUSES, CROPS, POTTERY AND CLOTH
500
WHICH TWO CULTURES REVOLVED AROUND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS?
MAYANS AND AZTECS
500
WHAT WOULD CHANGE THE LIVES OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS FOREVER?
THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS