Show:
The Earliest Americans
Civilizations of Mesoamerica (Middle America)
Cultures of North America
Trade Networks
Potpourri
100
Between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago the earth was covered in...
What is ice/glaciers?
100
An advanced culture in which people have developed cities, science and industries...
What is a civilization?
100
The mound builders began their civilization around the ______________ River.
What is the Mississippi River?
100
The three continents that were first linked together as a trade group
What are Europe, Asia and Africa?
100
The item that the Iroquois used as currency
What is wampum?
200
Scientists believe during the ice age, a land bridge formed between Alaska and ....
What is Asia?
200
List the three civilizations in Mesoamerica
What are the Mayas, Aztecs and Incas?
200
In Southern Colorado, northern Arizona, New Mexico, the Anasazi built their villages in ___________.
What are cliffs?
200
The east coast of Africa was known for goods such as gold and ivory. The coast was later "nicknamed..."
What is the ivory coast?
200
Corn, beans and squash are known as the _________ to Native groups
What are the Three sisters?
300
People crossed the land bridge because...
What is they were following the herd (food sources)?
300
This civilization created one of the most accurate calendars
Who are the Mayas?
300
The Inuits tribes built ____________ out of blocks of ice to protect them from their harsh environment.
What are igloos?
300
On the African West coast, the city of _______ became a center for learning.
What is Timbuktu?
300
Citizens have a say in this type of government
What is a democracy?
400
Another theory claims that the earliest Americans crossed the Atlantic Ocean from...
What is Europe? Double Jeopardy- What European country did they come from?
400
True or False: The people of Mesoamerica were polytheistic
What is true?
400
Plains Indians depended on the _____________ herd, as a source of food, shelter and clothing.
What are buffalo?
400
The long trade route that connected all three continents
What is the Silk Road?
400
Citizens choose representative in a ___________.
What is a republic?
500
What part of the North American continent did the first peoples settle in? (hint- what country?)
What is Mexico?
500
True/False: The Incas had the largest empire in the world
What is true?
500
The Iroquois nations were made up of __________, or groups of families related to one another.
What are clans? Double Jeopardy: Membership of a clan was passed down from which side of the family?
500
Goods traded along the silk road consisted of
What are silk, spices, ideas, etc?
500
____________ preached about the idea of salvation
Who is Jesus?