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GEOGRAPHY
EARLIEST AMERICANS
EARLY SOCIETIES
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES
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A hill of sand shaped by wind
What is a dune
100
movement of people or animals from one region to another
What is migration
100
mesoamerica
Name for central america where the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec came to power
100
ANASAZI
Group of farmers that settled in southwest america around 1500BC.
100
totems
What is wooden poles carved in images of ancestors or animal spirits
200
an extremely dry area with little water and few plants
What is a desert
200
strip of land between Asia and Alaska during the last ice age
What is Bering land bridge
200
earliest known civilization of mesoamerica
What is Olmec
200
Over 10,000
Number of mounds built by the Hopewell and Mississippian Indians.
200
Teepees
What is cone shaped shelters used by nomadic hunters of the great plains
300
an area of densely wooded land
What is a forest
300
people who hunted animals and gathered wild plants and food.
What is hunter-gatherers
300
maize
What is favorite food of early societies
300
Kivas
What is underground ceremonial chambers
300
matrilineal
What is tracing ones ancestry through their mother not their father
400
an area where a river deposits soil into the ocean.
What is a delta
400
climates and landscapes that surround living things
What is environments
400
Maya
What society was known for its canals and calander
400
Hopewell
Known for there large burial mounds
400
Iroquois League
What is a confederation, or alliance established by the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca Indians
500
isthmus
What is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger land areas
500
a group's set of common values and traditions, including language, government, and family relationships.
What is culture
500
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Aztec built its capital city Tenochtitlan
500
Mississippian
Built a large city near modern day Saint Louis called Cahokia
500
AD
The year of the lord