Native & Environment
100: List one way Native peoples depended on the environment for survival.
100: Using the environment for food, shelter, clothing, or tools
100: Identify the region where bison were a major resource.
100: The Great Plains
100: Define migration.
100: Migration is the movement of people from one place to another
100: Identify the civilization known for giant stone heads.
100: The Olmec
100: Name the cone-shaped homes used by Plains peoples. 100: Cone-shaped Plains homes
100: Tepees
200: Name two natural resources Native Americans used in daily life.
200: Examples include wood, stone, clay, animal skins, water, plants, or animals
200: Name the region known for heavy rainfall and salmon.
200: The Pacific Northwest
200: Name the land bridge that once connected Asia and North America.
200: Beringia
200: Name the civilization that built pyramids in rainforest regions.
200: The Maya
200: Identify the long communal homes used by the Iroquois.
200: Longhouses
300: Explain how geography influenced how Native American groups lived.
300: Geography affected food sources, housing, movement, and daily activities
300: Identify the cold region with permafrost and limited vegetation.
300: The Arctic or Subarctic (The North)
300: State the main reason early peoples migrated to new areas.
300: To find food
300: Identify the capital city of the Aztec Empire.
300: Tenochtitlán
300: Name the snow-built winter homes of Arctic peoples.
300: Igloos
400: Give one reason early Native peoples moved from place to place.
400: To find food, follow animals, respond to seasonal changes
400: Name the region with fertile land, wetlands, and long growing seasons.
400: The Southeast
400: Describe one alternative theory for how people reached the Americas besides Beringia.
400: By boat along the Pacific coast
400: Name the civilization that built terraces in the Andes Mountains.
400: The Inca
400: Identify the stone dwellings built by Ancient Puebloans.
400: Pueblos or cliff dwellings
500: Define nomadic and explain why many early peoples were nomadic.
500: Nomadic means moving from place to place; early peoples moved to follow food sources
500: Identify the desert region with mesas, plateaus, and scarce water.
500: The Southwest
500: Explain how the disappearance of large mammals affected early peoples.
500: People had to find new food sources and adapt their hunting methods
500: Identify the type of government used by the Maya.
500: A theocracy (rule by religious leaders)
500: Name the desert culture that built extensive irrigation canals.
500: The Hohokam