Mesoamerican Civilizations
Mesoamerica
Ice Age
Vocabulary
100

The Aztec were known for their raised roads called 

Causeways

100

An important crop for the early people like corn today

maize

100

Large amounts of water froze into huge, moving sheets of ice called ________

glaciers

100

Movement of people or animals from one region to another

Migration

200

Who was known for their Glyphs?

The Maya

200

Name the four Mesoamerican and South American societies

Olmec

Maya

Inca

Aztec

200

People believed to have crossed the Bering Land Bridge

Paleo-Indians

200

A group's set of common values and traditions

Culture

300

The ______ were fierce warriors, and their superior military ability

Aztec

300

What is the name of city that was built by the Incas on top of the Andes Mountains?

Machu Picchu

300

A strip of land between Asia and present-day Alaska that was exposed by the lower sea levels of the Ice Age

Bering Land Bridge

300

People who obtain food by hunting animals and gathering wild plants

Hunter-gatherers

400

Who was known for paving large plazas for public gatherings and building canals?

The Maya

400

Sea levels were about _____ feet lower than today, exposing Beringia

300

400

Glaciers reached as far south as __________

New York

400

Climates and landscapes that surround living things

Environments

500

Quechua was the official language for the _______

Inca

500

What evidence do we have that cultures existed in Mesoamerica before the Aztecs? (Name one physical item)

Stone sculptures, buildings like temples and pyramids, and even canals

500

Sea levels were about _____ feet lower than today

300

500

What farming technique did the people of Machu Picchu use on steep mountainsides to grow crops?

Terraces (or terracing)