Maya, Aztec, and Inca
This civilization lived mainly in present-day Peru and western South America.
Inca
This region was dry, so getting enough water was especially important.
Southwest
We lived in the Four Corners area and built large cliff dwellings.
Ancestral Pueblo
In which region was water plentiful: Southwest or Northwest?
Northwest
Why did Indigenous peoples in different regions develop different ways of life?
They lived in different environments and had different resources available.
This civilization developed a written language, advanced mathematics, and used the concept of zero.
Maya
This region had plentiful forests, rivers, lakes, and streams
Northwest
We are associated with carved totem poles and lived in the Northwest.
Haida
Name one important resource that Northwest peoples received from forests.
Wood—accept shelters/homes, boats, or cultural/religious artifacts.
Why was water especially important to people in the Southwest?
The region was dry/arid, so water was scarce and essential for farming and daily life.
This civilization built a large empire centered around Tenochtitlán
Aztec
This region included the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and Eastern Woodlands peoples
Northeast
We adapted to a very cold Arctic environment and used animal skins and furs for warmth
Inuit
The Mound Builders grew these three important crops
Corn, squash, and beans.
Why is it inaccurate to describe all Native Americans as having one culture?
Indigenous peoples belonged to many different societies with different environments, governments, homes, traditions, and ways of life.
This civilization built extensive roads and irrigation systems and was known for skilled metalworking and weaving.
Inca
This region included Creek and Cherokee communities and areas of present-day Alabama
Southeast
We built huge earthen structures, farmed, lived in settled communities, and traded with other groups
Mound Builders
Why were the Mound Builders able to settle in one place and trade with other groups?
They were farmers and raised enough food to have extra for trade.
Give one piece of evidence that Indigenous societies were organized and complex.
Accept accurate examples such as governments/confederacies, cities, roads, marketplaces, farming systems, trade, large settlements, etc.
Name all three major civilizations we studied in Central and South America.
Maya, Aztec, and Inca
Name the four North American cultural regions we studied.
Southwest, Northwest, Northeast, Southeast
We were a confederacy in the Northeast in which several nations worked together.
Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy
Complete the relationship we used in class: Environment → ______ → Way of Life.
Resources
Compare two Indigenous regions. Give one environmental difference AND explain how it affected the way people lived.
Answers vary; must accurately connect an environmental difference to resources or way of life.