The Americas

What is a sun dried mud brick?

Adobe

What is the longest river in South America?

Amazon

What civilization caused the collapse of the Toltec empire?

Aztec

What was the most important resource for the Plains people?

Buffalo

What people did the Maya seek out during victorious warfare to work their land?

Captives

What was believed to cause the demise of many ancient civilizations?

Famine

People began to settle after they mastered this skill

Farming

What made it possible for new civilizations to develop in North America?

Farming and building things made it possible

What civilization built an extensive road system?

Inca

What formed in order to bring unity and peace to several warring groups?

Iroquois league

How were the Mayans governed?

Kings, nobles, and priests were at the top of the class system. A king ruled each city state.

How do scientists think that people migrated from Asia to North America?

Land bridge

What are the Americas made of?

Made up of North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean

What was the most important food crop in Americas?

Maize

Before farming land what civilization first needed to clear forest?

Maya

What are the major rivers in North and South America?

Mississippi and Amazon river

Who is the Aztec ruler who expanded the empire to the golf of Mexico?

Montezuma

What are two cultures that developed in North America?

Mound builders in Mississippians

What was created by early people in North America, but not Central or South America?

Mounds

What is an isthmus?

Narrow piece of land that connects two larger areas of land

Who established their civilization on the East Coast of the golf of Mexico?

Olmec

Why did the Aztec develop two different calendars?

One for religious events and one for agriculture

Why did early American cultures decline?

Others took over the areas they were in

What Inca leader build a huge ancient empire?

Pachacuti

One responsibility of these people was to preserve their people's history

Priest

What was used by the Inca for mathematics and record keeping?

Quipus

What are the major mountain ranges in North and South America?

Rocky, Appalacian, and Andes mountains

What were the first crops in the Americas?

Squash, peppers, potatoes, and beans

What were the two places where the Maya's got their water?

Swamps and sinkholes

What building projects did the Inca carry out?

System of roads

What great Aztec city was located on a swampy lake Island?

Tenochitilan

What did the people of the great plains live in that was a cone shape tent?

Tepee

What allowed the Moche to farm in their desert homeland?

The built canals to bring water in the Andes to the desert so they could grow their food

Why was farming successful in Mesoamerica?

The land was rich and the climate was mild

What are two accomplishments of the Iroquois Confederacy?

They created a Constitution and kept Peace

What were some of the similarities among the Mesoamerican cultures?

They mostly take place in part of Mexico and Central America and they're also very good farmers.

What are two reasons that civilizations developed in North America

They use mounds for tombs or for ceremonies and they had great farming

What civilization introduced metalworking?

Toltec

What achievements did the Mayans have?

Understood astronomy, able to predict eclipses Develop calendars Developed a system of mathematics Use the concept of zero Invented a written language

What were Aztec boys taught to become at an early age?

Warriors

What peninsula was home to the Maya?

Yucatan

A prosperous society in the Americas located in present day central Mexico

Zapotec

The Maya were the first to incorporate the use of this number

Zero

What did the Maya believe that their kings were descendants of?

gods