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
