Vocab
Hunter Gatherer
Need to find food to survive.
The land brigde connected what two places?
Siberia and Alaska
Name 4 aspects of culture? (Examples)
Answers may vary.
What four things do civilizations need?
Food, Water, Shelter, Government
Culture
The way that a person or society lives their lives. Beliefs and behaviors.
Cerruti Mastadon Theory
Uranium dating shows that neanderthals came to North and South American 135,000 years ago
What four things do every civilization have in common?
Where did the first civilizations start?
Mesopotamia
Agriculture
The practice of growing crops for a food source
Beringia Theory
People migrated across a land bridge that connected modern day Siberia to Alaska
What are the three reasons/things a government should do for its people ?
Maintain order, Protect citizens, Organizing resources, Regulate trade
What NA civilization was located in the Andes mountains in Chile?
Incas
Government
Kelp Highway
Early humans island hopped from Asia and settled the west coast of North and South America
Why are different civilizations different from each other?
Location
Which NA civilization required blood sacrifices to make their gods happy?
Aztecs
Economy
A way a group of people make a living.
Soultrean Theory
Europeans took Primitive boats across the Atlantic ocean and settled on the East Coast of the current day U.S.
Why were some Native American Civilizations more advanced than others ?
The greater the food supply = the greater the civilization. Allows for more people
More people = more workers = more ideas/inventions
Geographic location can influence how advanced a society can become.
Better access to natural and non natural resources
Which NA civilization was the first group of people to use the number 0?
Mayans