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Buscho Topic 9
Civilizations of the Americas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the Hopewell people construct, to be used as tombs or for ceremonies? | Large earthen mounds |
| What was the name of a major Mississippian city, located in present-day Illinois? | Cahokia |
| Which crops made up the “three sisters” of the Iroquois and other American Indian groups? | Corn, squash, and beans |
| Who was the Iroquois leader who, alongside Deganawida, worked to stop fighting between the Iroquois tribes and establish the Great Peace? | Hiawatha |
| Which of the following was used as a dwelling by the Iroquois? | Longhouse |
| How were the men who made up the Grand Council of the Iroquois chosen? | They were chosen by the clan mothers |
| Some tribes on the Great Plains hunted this important animal by stampeding them off cliffs. | Bison |
| What is the term for a cone-shaped tent made by stretching bison hides over wooden poles? | Teepee |
| How did the Ancestral Pueblos get enough food to eat in their dry desert environment? | They used irrigation to water their crops. |
| What is the term for a large, multistory dwelling made of stone or adobe - used by Native Americans of the Southwest region? | Pueblo |
| What was the name of the Ancestral Puebloan settlement in present-day Colorado, where they built their dwellings into the cliffside? | Mesa Verde |
| Which of the following was developed by the Maya? | The concept of zero |
| Who was the Maya ruler of Palenque known for his great building projects, including his tomb located in the Temple of Inscriptions? | Pacal |
| What was the massive capital city of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco? | Tenochtitlan |
| What was one major practice of Aztec religion? | Human sacrifice |
| Which Aztec ruler helped form the Triple Alliance? | Montezuma I |
| What is the term for the man-made islands crisscrossed by canals used by the Aztecs to farm on Lake Texcoco? | Chinampas |
| What were the Nazca Lines? | Lines in the shape of animals or other things, etched into the desert of Peru; strangely, they are too large to be seen from the ground. |
| Who was the Inca ruler who led his people in wars of expansion, establishing the Inca Empire? | Pachacuti |
| Which animal was domesticated by the Inca? | Llama |
| What was the capital city and religious center of the Inca Empire? | Cusco |
| What farming technique - used by the Inca - involved carving “steps” in the mountainside to create a flat area for growing crops? | Terrace farming |
| How did the Inca keep track of important information? | A system of knotted strings called quipu |
| How were the Inca about to move messages and armies quickly across their vast empire? | A sophisticated system of roads |
| What was one Native American group that lived in the Arctic? | Inuit |
| What did the Tlingit and other tribes of the Pacific Northwest create to record family histories, myths, and important events? | Totem poles |
| What was the main food source for Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest? | Fish, especially salmon |
| What outside group conquered both the Aztec and the Inca? | Spanish |
| What is the first known complex society in Mesoamerica? | Olmec |
| In what modern-day country did the Zapotec civilization form? | Mexico |
| What is one famous building built in Teotihuacan? | Pyramid of the Sun |
| How was Maya civilization organized? | Divided into independent city-states |
| Which Native American groups developed a system of writing? | Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Aztec |
| What series of wars did the Aztecs fight against the city of Tlaxcala? | Flower Wars |
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