Near present day Vera Cruz, Mexico. They built far reaching trading empires that started around 1200 b.c. they were responsible for building the first planned city in the Americas.
What is Olmec.
100
These people were mound builders. They were a civilization of Noth America. They are from prent-day Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.They were full-time farmers that planted their crops in the floodlands of the Mississippi River Valley.
What is Mississippians
100
Sun-dried mud bricks
What is adobe
100
Christopher Colombus landed in the Americas in
What is 1492
100
The Anasazi lived in apartment houses in
What is cliffs
200
These people built their civilization in the steamy rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula. they hit their peaks in the A.D. 400's and 500's.
What is Maya
200
These people planted gardens on lands between the Salt and Gila Rivers. They dug more than 500 miles of canals. they thrived for about 1,000 years.
What is Hohokam
200
Scientists believe that people crossed from Asia to North America by
What is a land bridge
200
The Inuit lived in the state known today as
What is Alaska
200
Incan method of doing mathematical calculations
What is quipu
300
These people seized what is now northern Mexico when the Mayans moved out. Warrior nomads who conquered lands from Tula all the way to present day Mexico City.
What is Toltec.
300
These people built huge mounds made of earth. they had two groups- Adena and Hopewell. They were mostly hunters and gatherers.
What is Mound-Builders.
300
The conquerer of the Aztec civilization
What is Hernan Cortes.
300
This was formed in order to end fighting among Native American groups
What is Iroquois League
300
The Aztec sun god was a feathered serpent named
What is Quetzalcoatl. (or Quetzal)
400
Located in the dry coastal desert of what is now Peru. They had no written language, so most of their culture's story is told through art.
What is Moche
400
These people lived in the canyons and cliffs. They lived in huge apartment like houses carved into cliffs. Later the Spanish called them pueblos.
What is Anasazi.
400
Pizarro conquered the Inca by capturing
What is Atahualpa
400
Spanish explorers defeated the Aztec with guns, horses, and
What is epidemic (disease)
400
Pachacuti was a great Incan ruler. The translation of his name means
What is Earthshaker
500
These people are from the Andes Mtn. range of present day Peru.They built the largest empire in the Americas, centered around the capital of Cuzco.
What is Incan.
500
These people lived in the far north. They lived in dome shaped homes built with snow and ice. They were hunters and used all parts of the animals they hunted.
What is Inuit.
500
Incan leader that built a huge ancient empire
What is Pachacuti
500
Montezuma did not attack the invading Spaniards right away, because he thought that Cortes was a
What is god
500
Spanish explorers sent to the Americas by Spain are