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Native Americans
Question | Answer |
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The study of ancient people | Archaeology |
Things left behind during the past | Artifacts |
Approximately how long was the last Ice Age (not the movie) | 88,000 Years |
What was the land bridge called that connected Europe and Alaska | Beringia |
People who move from place to Place | Normads |
The movement of people over a long distance | Migration |
What were hunted by Northern native americans | Big animals |
What was a problem for northern native americans ? | The large animals started to die |
What was an early form of corn ? | Maize |
What is a way of estimating how old something is ? | Carbon Dating |
What is way of life called ? | Culture |
Highly developed societies | Civilizations |
Who lived along the Gulf of Mexico around 1500- 300 BC | Olmec |
What civilization lived in the Rainforest ? | Maya |
Some Mayan pyramids reached _____ feet | 200 |
What were governmental and religious ceremonies preformed on ? | Pyramids |
Who had a lot of power in Mayan civilization? | Priests |
A society run by religious leaders | Thoecracy |
Who created the 365 day calendar | The Mayans |
What did the Mayans have to travel | Roads |
When did the Mayans start leaving | 900 AD |
Who lived on Lake Texcoco | The Aztecs |
What was the big Aztec city | Tenochtitlan |
In the ____ the Aztecs concurred most of the rival communities | 1400's |
What did the Aztec believe that kept the gods happy | Human Sacrifice |
Who were the Aztec concurred by | The Spanishh |
How big was the Inca Empire | 3,000 miles |
The Inca were built from | War |
How long could Inca men be in the army | 5 years |
What happened when Concurred territories rebelled against the Inca. | They went into war |
How many people (possibly) live under the Inca Rule | 9 Million |
The official Inca language | Quechua |
What helped the Inca keep tabs and records | Quipus |
What did the Hohokam depend on? | Channels |
Who lived near the 4 corners? | Anasazi |
Big stone dwelings | Pueblos |
One of the biggest pueblos | Mesa Verde |
What did some Native Americans make that looked like the Pyramids? | Mounds |
What group made mounds in the shape of Bears, Birds and snakes and also traded ? | Hopewell |
What city created by the Missipians had nearly 16,000 citizens ? | Cahokia |
What tribe do they believe were the last to cross the land bridge? | Iniut |
What did people of the west depend on ? | The sea and forest |
What groups hunted, fished, and gathered ? | Nez Perce and Yakima |
Why could nobody farm the Great Basin area ? | The soil was to rocky |
Which region did people live in mud brick houses ? | Southwest |
What southwestern groups were hunter gatherers ? | Navajo and Apache |
What did the Navajo live in ? | Hogans |
What region were the people nomadic and moved their teepees ? | Great Plains |
How did some of the Dakota and Comanche travel ? | Horses |
The Iroquois and Cherokees created | Federations |
The Onondaga ,Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida , and Cayuga formed | The Iroquois |
To have peace what was created ? | The Iroquois League |
Who chose the Clan Mother ? | The Women of the Clan |
Who chose the Council member of the Clan ? | The Clan mother |
What did the Creek grow ? | Corn, Tobacco, and Squash |
Which tribe lived the Mountains of Georgia and North Carolina ? | Cherokee |
Who changed the Native Americans ? | The Europeans |