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Moving to the Americas
The Mound Builders
The Anasazi and Inuit
The Maya
The Aztecs and the Inca
100
Thick sheet of ice
What is a glacier
100
An activity done for a special purpose or event
What is a ceremony
100
The area where the Anasazi lived and is where four present day states come together
What is the Four Corners
100
A culture with organized systems of government, religion, and learning
What is a civilization
100
a group of lands and peoples ruled by one leader
What is a leader
200
People moved to the Americas between 40,000 to 10,000 years ago
What is to migrate
200
carved from rock and used to hunt
What is a knife
200
A high, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it
What is a mesa
200
growing more food than is needed for their own families
What is surplus
200
the payment demanded by rulers from the people they rule
What is tribute
300
A scientist who studies the artifacts of people who lived long ago
What is an archaeologist
300
A snake-like mound
What is the Great Serpent Mound
300
a long period without rain
What is a drought
300
To do only one kid of job
What is to specialize
300
the practice of holding people against their will and taking away their freedom
What is slavery?
400
The narrow stretch of water that separates Asia from North America
What is the Bering Strait
400
Lived east of this river
What is the Mississippi River
400
A large underground room where religious ceremonies are held
What is a kiva
400
A building with three or more sides shaped like triangles that slant toward a point at the top
What is a pyramid
400
They built thousands of miles of roads to link all parts of the empire to their capital
What is the Inca communication system?
500
An object that someone made in the past
What is an artifact
500
Artifacts tell that ___________ was important to their builders
What is trade?
500
a traditional house made of blocks of packed snow
What is an igloo
500
Two achievements of the Mayan are
What is an accurate calendar, mathematics, a system of writing, successful farming, or knowledge of astronomy
500
To kill a person or animal for a religious purpose
What is sacrifice?