Migration
Mayans
Aztecs
Incas
Olmec and Iroquois
100
Humans would have eaten this large, elephant-like animal while migrating through the land-bridge.
What are mammoths?
100
A semi-sweet dessert invented by the Mayans.
What is chocolate?
100
An Aztec tool that created a shrieking sound, similar to a human scream.
What is a death whistle?
100
The Inca built these throughout South America to make trade easier and to allow runners to carry messages around the empire.
What are roads and bridges?
100
This civilization lived in modern-day New York State.
Who are the Iroquois?
200
A strip of land that connected Siberia and Alaska when sea levels were low during the last Ice Age.
What is Beringia?
200
The Mayans used this to expand their empire.
What is trade?
200
One of the three punishments given to people conquered by the Aztecs (3 options).
What are slavery, tribute, and human sacrifice?
200
Unlike the other civilizations we've studied, the Inca lived in this continent.
What is South America?
200
This ancient civilization influenced the culture of the later Mayans and Aztecs.
Who are the Olmecs?
300
A crop that allowed early Native Americans to give up hunting and gathering and begin farming.
What is maize (or corn)?
300
Along with the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, the Mayans also controlled this modern-day country (3 options).
What are Belize, Guatemala, and/or Honduras?
300
This group was one of the top military units in the Aztec empire, alongside the Jaguar Warriors.
What are Eagle Warriors?
300
A style of farming used by the Inca in which multiple platforms were cut into the sides of mountains.
What are terraces?
300
A government that links and unites different groups, as done by the Iroquois.
What is a federation?
400
This theory of migration involved people using canoes to travel along the coastline of Siberia and Alaska.
What is the Kelp Highway?
400
A Mayan game in which a rubber ball was passed between players using only their hips.
What is pok-ta-pok?
400
An obsidian sword wielded by Aztec warriors.
What is a macuahitl?
400
The Inca Empire existed around the same time as this Native American empire.
What is the Aztec Empire?
400
The Olmecs created large sculptures in this shape for unknown reasons.
What are heads?
500
A word for the massive ice sheets that trapped ocean water on land and lowered sea levels.
What is a "glacier?"
500
The Mayan system of government, in which religious leaders made political descisions.
What is a theocracy?
500
"Floating gardens" that allowed the Aztecs to grow food in the middle of their lake.
What are chinampas?
500
An Inca invention for keeping records using knotted multi-colored string.
What are quipus?
500
Name one of the six members of the Iroquois League.
What are the Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, and/or Tuscarora?