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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Indians of Central Mexico conquered by Spanish in 1500's | Aztec |
| Ancestors of our present day Louisiana indians | Hopewell |
| The five New York tribes that joined together to stop the white people | Iroquois |
| A way of life for a group | Culture |
| A narrow stretch of water separating Alaska from Siberia and Russia | Bering Strait |
| The first place in America where Indians came to | Alaska |
| Great stone dwellings or villages. Spanish villages | Pueblo |
| Political government systems formed by linking several groups who rule | Federation |
| An early form of corn | Maize |
| Periods of very cold temperature around 3500 BC | Ice Age |
| Not the work of a single group but of many different peoples | Mound builders |
| Earliest Central American Indians who vanished before the birth of Christ | Olmec |
| Broad platforms cut into the side of a mountain | Terrace |
| A society ruled by religious leaders | Theocracy |
| Uses symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds | Hieroglyphics |
| Indians of the Arctic Ocean area | Inuit |
| Indians of South Mexico and Central America who vanished 500 years before Spanish arrived | Maya |
| Large periods of time with little rainfall which crops dried up | Drought |
| How to find out how old an artifact is | By using carbon dating. Measuring radioactive material |
| Highly developed societies with modern technology | Civilization |
| The study of ancient peoples | Archeology |
| Area in Russia where American Indians came from | Siberia |
| Type of sun dried mud brick houses | Adobe |
| A movement of a large number of people into a new homeland | Migration |
| People who move from place to place | Nomad |
| Things left behind by early people such as stone, tools, weapons, baskets, and carrings | Artifact |
| Indians of Peru conquered by Spanish in 1500's | Inca |
| ESSAY:List some of the things European explorers were looking for, some things they brought with them, and some of the things they brought back to Europe. | The European explorers were looking for gold, silk, and spices.They brought with them beads and trinkets.And they brought back new and different species of animals and a new crop they called corn. |
| What was the connection between religion and science for the Mayas | Science taught them about their gods |
| Why did the first people come to the Americas | The people were following the animals who were migrating South and they wanted a warm climate to live in |
| List reasons the Maya, Aztec, and Inca were considered advance | WritingMathCalendarTrade |
| How did an Ice Age make it possible for Asian hunters to migrate to the Americas | It froze in the Bering Strait and made a landbridge for Asian hunters between Asia and North America |
| How does trade help to enrich a civilization | Able to exchange ideas with your neighbor |
| Why was the environment of the West Coast favorable for settlement by so many Native Americans | Mild climateDependable food sourcesMany forests |
| What organization did the Iroquois form to promote peace among their people | Iroquois League |
| Identify clues that led archeologists to believe that the mound builders were influenced by other cultures | They built thousands of mounds and artifacts that were not North American here |
| How do you think the first Americans discovered that they could grow their own plants | Trial and error |
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