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6th SS Ch 2 Sec 1
6th Grade social studies Chapter 2 section 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The First people to the US were the ancestors of the current | Native Americans |
| Scientists are not 100% sure how the Native Americans got to | North America |
| Land between Asia and North America | Bering (Bering Strait) |
| So many _____ caused the land area to increase in the world | Glaciers |
| 12,000 years ago hunters and families migrated across the | Land Bridge |
| Stories told by word of mouth | Oral Tradition |
| Stories used to teach about | History |
| Many Native Americans believe they have always lived in the | Americas |
| Early Native Americans were nomadic which means | Moved from place to place |
| Early Native Americans followed the animals they | Hunted |
| Objects made by people | Artifacts |
| Early Native Americans hunted large animals like | Mastodons and Woolly Mammoths |
| Early Native Americans gathered wild foods like | Nuts, plants and roots |
| Early Native Americans were called | Hunters and Gatherers |
| After climate change happens the huge animals | Died out |
| After climate change people begin to fish and hunt | Smaller animals |
| Early people begin to form tribes and share | Language, land and leaders |
| Oldest known city | San Lorenzo |
| One of the earliest civilizations in the Americas | Olmec |
| Olmec Civilization was in | Southern Mexico |
| Olmec Civilization timeframe | 1500 BC to 300 AD |
| San Lorenzo is near a river which is used for | Trade route and travel |
| Picture symbols | Hieroglyphics |
| Mayan Civilization created number system including | Zero |
| Mayan Civilization timeframe | 300 AD to 900 AD |
| Civilization in southern Mexico, Guatemala and Norther Belize | Mayan |
| Mayan Civilization develop9ed | Writing System |
| Groups of people in a society that have something in common | Class system |
| Class systems share | Religious leaders, important families, traders and farmers |
| Possible reason Mayan civilization died out | Drought |
| Mayan's build more than 100 | Stone Cities |
| Largest Stone City | TIKAL (100,000 people) |
| Ruled Mayan Cities | Kings |
| Aden people lived from | 1000 BC to 200 AD |
| Mounds were used for | Burials |
| Some mounds were | 90 feet high |
| Found near the Ohio River Valley | Adena |
| Various Societies built earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes. | Mound Builders |
| Mississippian cities | Spiro and Cahokia |
| What state is Spiro in? | Oklahoma |
| What state is Cahokia in? | Illinois |
| Strong trade civilizations | Mississippian |
| Lived in houses of multiple levels built again canyon walls | Pueblos |
| Pueblos is located near | Four Corners |
| Means village in Spanish | Pueblo |
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