What is the land bridge crossed by the First Americans during the last ice age?
100
a tribe that lived lived in the Arctic, lived in igloos, and relied on the ocean for food
Who are the Inuit?
100
record keeping, cities, organized religion, specialized jobs
What are elements of a civilization?
100
1001A.D.
What is the year the Vikings reached the Americas?
200
the way of life of a people
What is culture?
200
They were following herds of animals
Why did the First Americans cross the land bridge?
200
lived in present day California to Alaska, relied on the Pacific Ocean for food, used cedar trees to build shelter, built totem poles, and held potlatches
Who are the Indians of the Northwest Coast?
200
studied the stars, used hieroglyphics, created 365 day calendar, ended around 850 A.D.
Who were the Maya?
200
no long term effect on world history
What is why the Viking discovery of the Americas is not considered to be very important in world history?
300
a region where people/tribes share a similar way of life
What is a culture area?
300
Asia to Alaska in North America
What were the continents connected by the landbridge?
300
lived in pueblos, worshipped in kivas, and grew corn which was a big part of their diet.
Who are the Hopi?
300
located in Mesoamerica, destroyed by Spanish, had capital named Tenochtitlan, invented chinampas
Who were the Aztecs?
300
refers to the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, technology and people between the Americas and the rest of the world
What is the Columbian Exchange?
400
the study of how people govern themselves
What is political science?
400
Native Americans
Who are the descendants of the First Americans?
400
lived in the Great Plains, were nomadic, lived in tipis, and relied on the buffalo for food, shelter, and clothing
Who are the Sioux?
400
lived in Andes Mountains, destroyed by Spanish, had capital city named Cuzco, domesticated potatoes, practiced terrace farming
Who were the Inca?
400
spread of potatoes and corn around the world
What is a positive effect of the Colombian Exchange?
500
a group of villages that share a common culture
What is a tribe?
500
15,000 years ago
What is how many years ago the First Americans reached North America.
500
created to keep peace, founded by Hiawatha and Deganawida, tribes sent representatives to Great Council meetings
What is the League of the Iroquois or League of Five Nations?
500
Mesoamerica
Where was the location of the Aztec and Maya civilizations?
500
smallpox
What is the name of the disease, brought to the Americas by Europeans, that killed millions of Native Americans?