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Vocabulary
Inca / Maya / Olmec / Aztec Empires
Geography
Timeline Dates
Outside Reading
100
a person who travels all the time in search of food
What is a nomad
100
They developed a calendar with 365 days.
What is the Maya Empire
100
The two oceans that surround North America
What are the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
100
Nomads crossed the land bridge from Asia
What is 60,000 B.C. 15,000 B.C. 2 B.C. 15 A.D.
100
How many children sacrificed mummies were found on the mountaintop in Argentina ?
What is three
200
a way of life of a people in one place and time and the territories and people under the control of one ruler
What are civilization and empire
200
They developed a written language.
What is Aztec Empire
200
In what direction did the nomads travel to reach the Americas ?
What is Southeast
200
Olmec civilization develops
What is 1200 B.C. 900 A.D. 5,000 A.D 6,000 A.D.
200
How did the eating habits of the children change before they were sacrificed ?
What is they were fattened up.
300
a person who studies people using the objects they left behind
What is an archaeologist
300
They built roads thousands of miles long
What is the Inca Empire
300
What body of water did the nomads cross the get to North America ?
What is the Pacific Ocean ?
300
The Maya civilization develops
What is 300 B.C. 450 B.C. 150 A.D. 250 A.D.
300
The children were part of what empire ?
What is Inca
400
these were dug into the ground so that water could be brought to the fields for irrigation
What are ditches
400
They carved colossal statues
What is the Olmec Empire
400
The Olmecs were located in
What is Mexico
400
The Aztec civilization develops
What is 1200 A.D. 1350 A.D. 1390 A.D. 1400 A.D.
400
Which tribe do people feel predicted the end of the world ? In what year ?
What is The Maya calendar / 2012
500
the first group of people who came to live in the Americas are NOW known as...
What is a Native American
500
They dug ditches to carry water to their fields
What is the Maya Empire
500
The Mayas were located in which country ?
What is Guatemala
500
Aztec Empire develops
What is 1300 A.D. 1320 A.d. 1400 A.D. 1500 A.D.
500
What was discovered in the woods of Milford that dates back to the Native Americans ?
What is a cairn (a portal to the underworld) filled with rocks to block out evil spirits