What is the name for the huge sheets of ice that covered much of North America during the Ice Age?
Glaciers
100
This was the group that created large stone heads.
Olmec
100
What happened to many of the people the Aztecs captured in war?
They became slaves
100
What Native American group today do many historians believe are related to the Anasazi?
Hopi or Pueblo
100
On what continent were the Inca?
South America
200
What was the name of the animals that look sort of like hairy elephants?
Mammoths or Mastadons
200
Name one Mayan city
Tikal, Copan, Chicen Itza
200
In what modern country did the Aztec live?
Mexico
200
Since they were in a dry area, the Anasazi relied on what to bring them water?
Hint: It is a vocabulary word
Irrigation
200
To communicate more easily and quickly they built what?
Roads
300
What two ways did the earliest people get food?
Hunting and gathering
300
Since they could farm they no longer needed everybody in the fields. This led to people taking different job allowing them to
Hint: It is a vocabulary word
Specialize
300
What was the capital of the Aztecs called?`
Tenochtitlan
300
What was one of the main reasons why the Mound Builders built mounds?
Bury dead or religious purposes
300
What were two crops they grew?
Corn, peppers, potatoes, beans
400
Name two crops of the earliest farmers in the Americas.
Beans, squash, tomatoes, corn, or sunflowers
400
Name one country that the Maya were located in
Guatemala or Mexico
400
What is a name of a large area of different people who are ruled by one ruler or government?
Hint vocabulary word
Empire
400
What is the nickname today for the area that the Anasazi lived in?
Four Corners
400
What was the capital?
Cuzco
500
What was the name of the land bridge that connected Asia and Alaska?
Beringia
500
Why did the Maya Civilization fall?
Unclear but possibly due to famine or wars
500
What was one major way that the Aztec showed the gods that they respected them?
Human sacrifice
500
What was the name of the largest of the mounds near Cincinnati?
Hint: It is an animal