Early People
The first nomads crossed the Beringia land bridge for this
What is following herds of large game animals?
This major development enabled the Maya to accurately track religious festivals
What is the 365-day solar calendar?
This mud brick complex of multi-story buildings in Native American Southwest
What are Pueblos?
Written communication created by the Mayan
Hieroglyphics
Early Mesoamerican civilization ruled by a theocracy
What is Maya?
The scientific process allows archaeologists to estimate the age of ancient materials
What is carbon dating?
Incan agricultural innovation that grew crops on mountain slopes
What are terraces?
The Hohokam adapted to dry desert climate to grow crops by building this
What are irrigation canals?
A knotted string tool used by Inca to keep official records and numerical data
What is a Quipu?
Sun-dried mud bricks are used to build this type of dwelling
What is an Adobe?
The most important crop developed in ancient Mesoamerica
The Incan Empire stretched miles across this major South American geographic feature
What are The Andes Mountains?
This type of government structure that links and unites different independent nations under a shared council
What is a Federation?
The mass movement of people from one region to another
What is migration?
People who move from place to place in search of necessities
Who are nomads?
The Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was considered a masterpiece for this feat
What is a man made land bridge?
The Inuit people survived the frigid Arctic environment of the Far North by doing this
A shared way of life, including beliefs, customs, kanguage arts and technology
What is culture?
5 distinct Native American nations that joined together to form the Iroquois Confederacy
Who are the Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, & Cayuga
Items left behind by early human civilizations
What are artifacts?
A way the Incan government quickly delivered messages
Who are chasquis?
The Adena, Hopewell, & Mississippian cultures created this feature found in Ohio & Mississippi River valleys?
What are massive earthen mounds used for burials and temples?
Largest settlement created by the Mound Builders
What is Cahokia?
The Great Binding Law that established peace among the five nations of the Iroquois League
What is Great Peace?