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CH.16 THE AMERICAS

CH 16 THE AMERICAS

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DOME SHAPED HOME MADE FROM ICE AND SNOW IGLOO
SOLDIER-EXPLORERS SENT TO THE AMERICAS BY SPAIN CONQUISTADORS
A GREAT AZTEC CITY TENOCHTITLAN
LIVED IN APARTMENT HOUSES CARVED INTO BRICK ANASAZI
ONONDAGA,SENECA,MOHAWK,ONEIDA, AND CAYUGA IROQUOIS LEAGUE
BUILT THE LARGEST EMPIRE IN THE ANCIENT AMERICAS PACHACUTI
WOMAN WHO HELPED CORTES DEFEAT THE AZTEC MALINTZIN
DUG CANALS TO CARRY WATER FROM THE ANDES TO DESERT FARMS MOCHE
civilization that came to a mysterious end by the A.D. 900S MAYA
LAND FROM VALLEY OF MEXICO TO COSTA RICA MESOAMERICA
WHAT WAS ADOBE SUN-DRIED MUD BRICK
HOW DID PEOPLE PASS FROM ASIA INTO NORTH AMERICA USING A LAND BRIDGE
WHY DID THE MAYA SEEK CAPTIVES IN WAR TO OFFER AS HUMAN SACRIFICES TO GODS
HOW DID COMMONERS IN AZTEC SOCIETY JOIN THE NOBLE CLASS BY ACTING BRAVELY IN WAR
HOW WERE PEOPLE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN THE DRY DESERTS OF THE SOUTHWEST BY IRRIGATING THEIR CROPS
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS LANDED IN THE AMERICAS IN 1492
WHO WAS HERNAN CORTES THE MAN WHO CONQUERED THE AZTEC
HOW DID PIZARRO CONQUER THE INCA BY CAPTURING ATAHUALPA
WHERE WAS THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION LOCATED IN A DENSE FOREST
WHAT DID HUNTER-GATHERERS DO MOVED CONSTANTLY IN SEARCH FOR FOOD
WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE IN THE MAYAN CITIES BELIEVED THEY HAD TO SACRIFICE HUMANS TO PLEASE THEIR GODS, DEVELOPED MATH AND A WRITTEN LANGUAGE, RELIGION WAS AT THE CENTER OF THEIR LIFE
WHO WERE THE MISSISSIPPIANS? WHAT MADE THEIR CULTURE UNIQUE? THEY BUILT EARTH MOUND LIKE PYRAMIDS WITH A FLAT TOP
Created by: COACH WILLIAMS
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