Vocabulary
Text Features
Resources
North American Groups
Modifications
100

This means to move from one place to another.

What is migrate?

100

Ancient American Indian Civilizations is this type of text feature.

What is a heading?

100

This group hunted, yet had limited agriculture and fishing as well as no irrigation.

Who are the Nomads.

100

This group developed a writing system, an accurate calendar, chart of the moon and stars, and advanced math.

Who are the Mayans?

100

People migrated in this direction for warmer weather.

What is South?

200

This is a person who moves within a specific region to follow herds of animals and collect food.

Who is a nomad?

200

This text feature was found on pg. 6. 

What is an illustration?

200

These two things influenced how Native Americans lived.

What is geography and climate?

200

This group built Tenochtitlan and modified their environment by creating the floating gardens.

Who are the Aztecs?

200

Irrigation was created using this. 

What is technology?

300

This means the planting and raising of crops.

What is agriculture?

300

The lifestyles of Ancient American People on pg. 9 is a type of this text feature.

What is a table/chart?

300

These groups had agriculture, fishing, and irrigation, but limited hunting. 

Who were stationary groups?

300

This group live in the Northern part of North America, where it is frozen most of the year.

Who are the Inuit?

300

The use of bringing water from nearby rivers to crops was known as this.

What is irrigation?

400

This means a society in which there are organized systems of government, religion, and learning. 

What is civilization?

400

This text feature was found on pg. 7. 

What is a map?

400

People began practicing agriculture this amount of years ago.

What is 10,000 years?

400

This group developed their civilization around the Ohio river and used their mounds for religious ceremonies.

Who are the Mound Builders?

400

Irrigation was needed in areas with this type of environment.

What is a dry region/ area?

500

This means the use of technology to bring water to crops.

What is irrigation?

500

Pictures, such as those on pg. 8 and 12 are also known as these.

What are primary sources?

500

Harpoons were used by this American Indian group.

Who were the Inuit?

500

This group lived in the desert Southwest, which is a very dry environment.

Who are the ancestral Puebloans?

500

The Aztec modified their environment by creating the floating gardens to help grow what.

What are crops?