Vocabulary
This is a people's way of life
What is a culture?
What is migrate?
These people developed the first calendar
Who were the Maya?
This is a system the Anasazi used to bring water to their crops
What is irrigation?
These are spirits that the Pueblo believed in
What are kachinas?
This is a tree trunk that is carved with sacred images
What is a totem pole?
This is a cone shaped tent made from animal hides
What is a teepee?
These are a series of symbols that represent words and were used by the Maya as a language
What is hieroglyphs?
This is a sun-baked clay brick
What is adobe?
These people had silver and turquoise jewelry and lived in the Southwest in adobe houses and wore cotton clothes
Who are the Navajo
This is a feast in which the guests receive gifts
What is a potlatch?
This is a dome shaped home that is made of log frames and is covered with mud or soil
What is a hogan?
By 1440, the Aztec had developed a large area and were all controlled by one ruler, which is called....
What is an empire?
These people used Kayaks to hunt whales, seals walruses, and fish.
Who are the Inuit?
This is the region that had totem poles and potlatches, and used wood to make masks and wooden plank houses
What is the Pacific Northwest?
This is a scientist who looks for and studies artifacts
What is an archaeologist?
This is a home shared by several related Iroquois families
What is a longhouse?
This is what the Maya and Aztec built in order to honor their gods
What are temples?
Who are the Pueblo?
What are Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah?
This region used teepees or lodges as homes and rode horses to hunt bison
What is the Great Plains
This is a dangerous ballgame played in Mesoamerica
What is pok-a-tok?
These are the 3 things a civilization needs, according to your book
What is a system of government, education, and religion?
Which people built their capital on a watery swamp and had floating gardens called chinampas?
Who are the Aztec?
These are two reasons why the mound builders built mounds
What is to honor the dead and for religious ceremonies?
These are polished beads that are made from shells and woven together
What is wampum?