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The first permanent settlements in the Americas started in Mesoamerica because of which geographic feature?
fertile soil
What are characteristics of the Maya religion?
polytheistic, blood offerings, and human sacrifices
What describes the Incan economy?
run by the government and built irrigation canals
What contributed to the Maya's development of a calendar?
their observation of the stars
How did the first human's arrived to the Americas?
Bering Land bridge or Ice bridge
The western side of South America was the geographic setting for which culture?
Inca
Name of lake where Aztecs built their empire?
Lake Texcoco
What are things traded in the Maya civilization?
salt, flint, feathers, and honey
Which material did the Inca most commonly use to construct the walls of their forts, temples, and other important buildings?
stone
Which civilization is considered to be the oldest in Meso-America?
The Olmec
In what present day country is the Inca empire located?
Peru
What is an example of an offering in the Aztec civilization?
Sacrifices
Another name for corn is?
Maize
What did Incan farmers use to prevent erosion of their steep hillsides?
terraces
What are huge round carved sculptures made by the Olmecs?
Stone heads
Where was the Aztec civilization located?
Mexico/ Valley of Mexico
According to what is known about the religious beliefs of the Maya, which of the following did people feel they needed to give the gods?
Blood
The Aztecs used these to grow their crops?
Chinampas/ floating gardens
What achievement does the Aztec and Maya civilization have in common?
no iron tools or the wheel
Native Americans survive in North America because they were good at what?
hunting
The Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan was located in what is now what nation?
Mexico
What did the Incas do with their dead kings?
Make them into mummies, have servants serve them each day, and carry them in parades
demanded tribute from those they conquered
Other than trading obsidian, name another way the Aztecs were economically supported.
Who was allowed to play on the Mayan ball courts?
Young Men
The first people in North America were nomadic people that originated from Asia, what were they called?
hunter-gathers