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*KEY TERMS*
*IDENTIFICATIONS*
*CIVILIZATIONS*
*GEOGRAPHY*
*MIXED BAG & BONUS*
100
This is a crop that took a while to develop, but that became the most important food crop in the Americas; aka. corn
What is maize? (This corresponds with #1 in Part I)
100
This was the "parent culture" of Mesoamerican civilizations; it developed during the first millenium in ancient America
Who are the Olmecs? (This corresponds with #1 in Part II)
100
True or False: The League of the Iroquois created/wrote the first written constitution in North America?
What is TRUE? (This corresponds with #10 on Part III)
100
This is the largest river in North America.
What is the Mississippi River? (This corresponds with #2 on Part III)
100
True or False: Christopher Columbus was the first to discover the Americas?
What is FALSE? (This corresponds with #4 on Part III)
200
This was an important and popular ritual game in Mesoamerica that was similar to basketball.
What is pok-a-tok? (This corresponds with #4 in Part I)
200
This was the Mesoamerican civilization that developed AFTER the Olmecs, BUT thousands of years BEFORE the Aztecs.
Who are the Mayas? (This corresponds with #2 on Part II)
200
This is the first planned city in the Americas. It was a grand city. Its main street was lined with palaces and temples, all leading up to the Pyramid of the Sun.
What is Teotihuacan? (This corresponds with #6 on Part III)
200
This is the largest river in South America.
What is the Amazon River? (This corresponds with #3 on Part III)
200
This is the Mesoamerican civilization that was the first to make and use rubber extensively.
What is the Olmec civilization? (This is a possible BONUS question)
300
This is a region of the Americas that stretches from central Mexico to Costa Rica.
What is Mesoamerica? (This corresponds with #3 on Part I)
300
This is one of the many gods that the Mesoamericans worshipped. He is depicted as a feathered serpent god.
Who is Quetzacoatl? (This corresponds with #5 in Part II)
300
True or False: Historians can confirm the exact reasons why early American civilizations, like the Zapotec and Chavin, declined and lost their influence?
What is FALSE; Historian have multiple theories as to why these civilizations declined, but are in search of the hard evidence to support their theories. (This corresponds with #7 on Part III)
300
These are the four geographical areas of the Americas.
What are North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean? (This corresponds with #1 on Part III)
300
This is the geographic area of the Americas that is an isthmus.
What is Central America? (This is a possible BONUS question)
400
This is an area of dry land that was exposed as the water levels lowered during the last Ice Age.
What is a land bridge? (This corresponds with #5 in Part I)
400
This was the greatest Mayan king. He reigned for 67 years and is credited with building many structures that are considered to be the best examples of Mayan architecture.
Who was Pacal II? (This corresponds with #4 on Part II)
400
These are the roles that women played in Mayan civilizations.
What is serving in leadership positions; marrying into royal families in other Mayan city-states; and increasing trade AND helping to form alliances through their marriages? (This corresponds with #8 on Part III)
400
This is HOW the first Americans arrived in North America.
What is by crossing over a land bridge that connected northeast Asia to what is now Alaska, during the last Ice Age? (This corresponds with #5 on Part III)
400
This is the peninsula that the Maya civilization was located in and around.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula? (This is a possible BONUS Question)
500
This is a narrow piece of land that connects two larger areas of land.
What is an isthmus? (This corresponds with #2 in Part I)
500
He is one of the archaeologists who discovered the remains of an ancient Mayan city in 1839.
Who was John Lloyd Stephens? (This corresponds with #3 on Part II)
500
This is why the Iroquois formed a league.
What is because it connected several groups/tribes; it created an organized government and constitution; AND it restored peace among groups/tribes that had continuously fought each other? (This corresponds with #9 on Part III)
500
This is WHY the first Americans arrived in North America.
What is that they were nomads, following herds of animals. Evidence of ancient tools and other artifacts has revealed this. (This corresponds with #5 on Part III)
500
This is the group of Stone Age people who came to the Americas from Europe in 22,000 B.C.
Who are the Solutreans? (This is a possible BONUS question)