Maya
Aztec
Inca
Native American
Geography
Potpourri (anything)
100
This Ancient River Civilization was similar to the Maya in that the upper classes were few in number.
What is ancient Egypt?
100
The Aztecs got great wealth (rich) and power by doing these two things.
What is conquering their neighbors and trade?
100
The Inca lived along this mountain range.
What is the Andes Mountains?
100
Native Americans used this to communicate their stories and their history.
What is oral tradition?
100
Looking at these maps, Native Americans who lived in the modern day city of Seattle lived in this region.
What is Northwest?
100
Inti was the Sun god for this ancient civilization.
Who are the Incas?
200
The form of writing for the Mayans and the ancient Egyptians is called this.
What is hieroglyphics?
200
This is where the Aztec lived.
What is Mesoamerica or Central America?
200
In order to connect their large, spread out empire, the Inca built these to help with transportation and to get food, messages and armies places quicker.
What are roads?
200
Native American tribes and ancient Sumerians both did this to honor religious figures.
What is built large structures and monuments to them?
200
The Southeast Native American tribes lived in what became which two modern day cities?
What are Atlanta and Miami?
200
These Inca people prepared ritual food, drink and clothes for the mummies.
Who are the Chosen Women?
300
The Maya and these ancient river civilizations excelled (did really well) in astronomy and math.
Who are the Mesopotamians and Egyptians?
300
Ancient Egyptians and Aztecs built pyramids for this reason.
What is for concern with the afterlife of those who died?
300
This was the Inca capital and center of life in their empire.
What was Cuzco?
300
Natives in the Great Basin region had this similarity with the Israelites.
What is being nomads (nomadic)?
300
Maps that show boundaries created by human governments are called this.
What are Political Maps?
300
This crop was most important to people in Mesoamerica.
What is maize (corn)?
400
Most Mayan and Ancient Egyptians did this for a living (for a job)
What is farming?
400
The Aztecs practiced this to keep their gods happy. Ancient Egyptians did not do this.
What is Human Sacrifice?
400
These strings of knotted rope helped the Inca keep records.
What are quipus?
400
Native Americans in the Southwest region, including the Hohokam, and the ancient Egyptians had similar geography and used this technology to help their crops grow.
What is irrigation?
400
This state makes up most of the Great Basin.
What is Nevada?
400
Ancient Egyptian pyramids were tombs, but the Northeast Algonquins lived in these types of homes.
What were wigwams?
500
The Mayan and the people of ancient Mesopotamia both created these to keep track of days.
What is a calendar?
500
The Aztecs were similar to the Ancient Egyptians these ways.
What is in their social class system, study of astronomy, built pyramids and worshipped hundreds of gods?
500
Both Ancient Egyptians and the Inca did this to honor their dead.
What is made mummies (mummification)?
500
The Iroquois confederacy was similar to this in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is their empire?
500
This type of map will tell you about these characteristics of an area.
What is a physical map?
500
This group did not rely on trade.
Who are the Inca?
600
The Mayans and the Egyptians created these ancient upright, tall carved stones
What are stelae?
600
Based on this map, we can see that the Aztecs did not have much contact with this other ancient American civilization.
Who are the Incas?
600
The Inca created these to travel through mountain passes.
What are tunnels?
600
The geography of this Native American region is most similar to the geography of ancient Egypt.
What is the Southwest?
600
Mohenjo Daro lived along a river, the Mayans and the Southwest Native Americans did not. The Southwest Native Americans lived in this type of region.
What is a desert?
600
This is the most important lesson you learned from the Module on Ancient America (include details of what you learned from the lesson).
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