Migration
This communal group of people come together when culture, technology, and government are present
What is a civilization?
True or False: The Plains relied more on farming than the Southwest.
What is false?
Slash and burn agriculture was used by which group?
Who are the Mayan?
True or False: The Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) built stone dwellings into shaded cliff alcoves for protection and temperature control.
What is true?
A group that does not move around and builds more permanent structures is what?
What is sedentary?
This animal is seen as sacred to the Plains group.
What is the buffalo?
Roads were built by these people for trade of things like gold, wood, and cocoa.
Who are the Aztecs?
What main crop served as the vital foundation of food supplies for the Cahokia, Hohokam, and Ancestral Puebloan societies?
Learning new customs is a LONG or SHORT term effect of migration?
The Northeast Woodland group move around seasonally, but also build permanent settlements. What would we call them?
What is semi-nomadic?
Freeze dried food was an incredible feat by which group?
Who are the Incan?
What major agricultural achievement allowed the Hohokam people to thrive in the hot desert of present-day Arizona?
What are irrigation systems?
Gradual changes in culture and population is a LONG or SHORT term effect of migration?
What is long term?
Why did people in the Southwest build permanent villages?
Acceptable answers include: farming, climate, geography, etc.
Religion was an important aspect of culture for which group?
Who are ALL!
Which circular, underground chamber was used by the Ancestral Puebloans for religious ceremonies and community meetings?
What is a kiva?