Supercontinent
Characteristics of Ancient Civilizations
Vocabulary
Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs
Theories of Migration
100

Name of the supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago.

What is Pangea?
100

Large towns that began to develop.

What are cities?

100

A group of people with their own languages and way of life. 

What is civilization?

100

The Mayans built cities here. 

What are rainforests?

100

How people came to America according to the Bering Land Bridge Theory. 

What is the Bering Strait? 

200

The idea that lead to Pangea.

What is continental drift?

200

The system of rules and the people who make and administer them.

What is Government?

200

To become used to or adjust. A characteristic of a living thing to survive. 

What is adapt?

200

A writing system created out of pictures. 

What are glyphs/hieroglyphs? 

200

How people arrived in America according to the Coastal Migration Theory. 

What is by boat?

300

The continent that humans are said to originate from. 

What is Africa?

300

Examples include doctor, lawyer, teacher, truck driver, construction worker, mailperson, etc.

What is job specialization?

300

An object made by a human being. 

What is artifact?

300

The Aztecs lived in what is now known as here.

What is Mexico?

300

How people arrived in America according to the Solutrean Theory. 

What is traveling through the Arctic Ocean?

400

The continent humans arrived at 15,000-12,000 years ago. 

What is North America?

400

Artifacts left behind like buildings, paintings, pottery, etc. 

What is art/architecture? 

400

They dying out or disappearance of a species from Earth. 

What is extinct?

400

The Inca Empire was located here. 

What is South America?

400

The definition of migration.

What is to move from one place to another?

500

The name of the super-ocean surrounding Pangea.

What is Panthalassa?

500

How people in society were organized. For example: lower, middle, upper.

What is Class Structure/System?

500

Something used for a purpose.

What is resource?

500

Inca roads were made out of this resource. 

What is stone?

500

The time that the first humans appeared. 

What is between 5 and 7 million years ago?