US States and Capitals
Austin is the capital of this state, which is known for its cattle and oil
What is Texas?
This ocean borders the West Coast of the United States
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This dog-like animal is a common trickster character in Native American folktales from the Western US
What is Coyote?
The Mayans are recognized as being one the first peoples in the world to invent this number.
What is zero?
The Incas used this animal for everything from carrying packages to wool to meat to fertilizer. They must have been overworked because they really enjoy spitting at people!
What is the llama?
Madison is the capital of this state, where people REALLY like cheese
What is Wisconsin?
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island are all located in this region, known for its fishing and colonial history
What is New England?
What is the bison?
This was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This famous Inca historical site high in the mountains was once used as a resort for the emperors.
What is Machu Picchu?
This city is the capital of Tennessee, and well known for its music industry
What is Nashville?
The national parks of Yellowstone (Wyoming), Glacier (Montana), Zion (Utah) and many more are all found in this region known for outdoor activities like skiing and hiking
What are The Rocky Mountains?
The Paiute peoples of the Great Basin would grind and roast nuts from this evergreen tree to make flour and soup to survive the harsh winter
What is a pine tree?
The Mayans played this intense game with a hard rubber ball - and the loser was sacrificed to the gods!
What is pok-ta-pok?
The Inca used this ingenious solution to create flat farmfields on the sides of steep mountains
What are terraces?
Dover is the capital of this state, which was the first to join the United States
What is Delaware?
This region is also known as Tornado Alley, which makes sense given the flat, open grassland landscape that covers it
What are The Great Plains?
Along with the Ojibwe, this group is one of the two main Native American groups that lived in Minnesota
Who are the Dakota people?
In honor of the origin myth of the Aztec people, the current flag of Mexico includes an eagle eating a snake on top of what kind of plant?
What is a catcus?
The Inca built a series of extremely long roads that stretched all the way from Colombia to Chile along this mountain range, the longest in the world.
What are the Andes Mountains?
This city is the capital of Maryland, and home to the United States Naval Academy
What is Annapolis?
This state, known for its diamonds, is missing from this list of states in the South: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
What is Arkansas?
Every spring, the Nez Perce people of the Plateau region fished for salmon that had swum in from the Pacific on this major river, which is often also used as the name of the Plateau.
HINT: This river has the same name as the capital of South Carolina
What is the Columbia River?
This emperor, often carried around in a golden litter, was the most famous Aztec emperor and the last before the Spanish arrived
Who is Moctezuma II?
Because they didn't have a written language, the Inca used this system of strings and knots to keep track of their records and information.
What is a quipu?