5th - SS Chapter 1 Lesson 1, 2 & 3

Question 0

We lived in houses made from blocks of packed snow. Who are we?

Answer 0

The Inuits

Question 1

A narrow body of water between Asia and North America.

Answer 1

Bering Strait

Question 2

What do the mounds tell archaeologists about the Mound Builders?

Answer 2

The mounds they left behind tell archaeologists that they were organized people.

Question 3

Artifacts tell archaeologists that trade was important to us. Artifacts came from the north, south, east, and west. Who are we?

Answer 3

The Mound Builders

Question 4

What was the Mound Builders’ main crop?

Answer 4

Corn

Question 5

We are also known as the “Cliff Dwellers”?

Answer 5

The Anasazi

Question 6

What did the Inuit’s hunt?

Answer 6

Whales, walruses, and seals.

Question 7

The Inuit’s lived in ___________, made of ice.

Answer 7

Igloos

Question 8

About 7000 years ago, people started doing what?

Answer 8

Growing their own food.

Question 9

Explain how the Anasazi were able to farm in the desert.

Answer 9

The Anasazi developed an irrigation system - dug ditches to carry water from the streams to their crops.

Question 10

We built the Great Serpent Mound?

Answer 10

The Mound Builders

Question 11

After Ice Age about 10,000 year ago, what happened to large animals like the mammoths?

Answer 11

They became extinct so hunters had to start hunting smaller animals.

Question 12

Why did hunters have to find new ways to get food when the Earth’s climate began to get warmer?

Answer 12

The large animals died out, or became extinct, or perhaps the hunters killed them off.

Question 13

What is the four corners land?

Answer 13

Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah

Question 14

Today, we live in the frozen lands near the Arctic Ocean. Who are we?

Answer 14

The Inuits

Question 15

How did the first Americans live during the Ice Age?

Answer 15

In small groups.

Question 16

A person who studies artifacts to learn how people lived long ago

Answer 16

Archaeologist

Question 17

The Inuit’s built light, one-person boats called?

Answer 17

Kayaks

Question 18

An activity done for a special purpose or event.

Answer 18

Ceremony

Question 19

Why do some scholars think people migrated from Asia to North America during the Ice Age?

Answer 19

During the Ice Age, the Bering Strait became shallower forming a land bridge allowing hunters to follow the large animals.

Question 20

An object that someone made in the past

Answer 20

Artifact

Question 21

About 3,000 years ago, people known as ____________ settled east of the Mississippi River.

Answer 21

Mound Builders

Question 22

Our religious ceremonies we’re help in kivas, and only men were allowed to enter?

Answer 22

The Anasazi

Question 23

The Mound Builders built thousands so mounds. What were they used for?

Answer 23

They were used for burial places, to honor animal spirits, and to hold ceremonies.

Question 24

Where did the Anasazi build their homes?

Answer 24

The Anasazi built their homes into the side of cliffs.

Question 25

A high landform with a flat top and steep sides.

Answer 25

Mesa

Question 26

Farming, or agriculture, let people what?

Answer 26

Settle in one place or settled into communities.

Question 27

Who lived in what is now the Southwest United States?

Answer 27

The Anasazi lived there.

Question 28

To move

Answer 28

Migrate

Question 29

Theory about how people first came to the Americas?

Answer 29

During the Ice Age (40,000 - 10,000 years ago), hunters from Asia followed large animals across land bridge to the Americas.

Question 30

Who lived in the four corners land for approximately 1,200 years?

Answer 30

The Anasazi's.

Question 31

Where did the Inuit's live?

Answer 31

Near the Arctic Ocean.

Question 32

Why did Mound Builders settle there?

Answer 32

Good place to live, there were forests, lakes, and rivers.

Question 33

How did the Inuit adapt to life in the cold climate near the Arctic Ocean?

Answer 33

The Inuit built igloos out of ice and hunted whales, walruses, and seals.

Question 34

An explanation for something

Answer 34

Theory

Question 35

How do you think the early people discovered how to grow food?

Answer 35

They accidentally spilled seeds and those seeds began to grow.

Question 36

What are three Early American Cultures?

Answer 36

The Mound Builders, the Anasazi, and the Inuit.

Question 37

What crops could the Anasazi grow?

Answer 37

Corn, squash and beans.

Question 38

A long period of extreme cold

Answer 38

Ice Age

Question 39

A long period of time without rain.

Answer 39

Drought

Question 40

A thick sheet of ice

Answer 40

Glacier

Question 41

Compare and contrast the cultures of the Mound Builders, Anasazi, and Inuit.

Answer 41

All three cultures built things need to adapt to their environment - Mound Builders built mounds, Anasazi built ditches to supply water to crops, and Inuit built igloos and kayaks. All three cultures lived in very different environments - Mound Builder lived in the forests east of the Mississippi River, Anasazi lived in the desert in the Southwest, and Inuit lived in a very cold climate near the Arctic Ocean.

Question 42

The Anasazi's were the first to develop a system to carry water from streams to the crops in the fields. What was system called?

Answer 42

Irrigation

Question 43

Which empire had a well organized government?

Answer 43

The Maya

Question 44

Good roads in the Inca empire made what possible?

Answer 44

Good communication, messengers were able to travel quickly throughout the empire.

Question 45

A building with three or more sides shaped like triangles

Answer 45

Pyramid

Question 46

The Maya developed a civilization with many achievements. Some of those achievements were?

Answer 46

Studying mathematics, developed a calendar and writing system.

Question 47

Who built thousands of miles of roads?

Answer 47

The Inca

Question 48

A culture with systems of government, religion, and schooling

Answer 48

Civilization

Question 49

Who built the city of Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico?

Answer 49

The Aztecs

Question 50

A group of lands and peoples ruled by one leader.

Answer 50

Empire

Question 51

The Aztecs built floating gardens and carved steps into hills to do what?

Answer 51

Creat more farmland

Question 52

The practice of holding people against their will and taking away their freedom.

Answer 52

Slavery

Question 53

Who were successful farmers?

Answer 53

The Maya

Question 54

To do only one kind of job.

Answer 54

Specialize

Question 55

Payment demanded by rulers from the people they rule.

Answer 55

Tribute

Question 56

The Maya's grew extra, or _________, crops. This allowed some Maya people to do other work besides farming. Some could ______________ in a job such as making baskets or jewelry.

Answer 56

Surplus; specialize

Question 57

Another empire that built their empire through conquest was?

Answer 57

The Inca

Question 58

More of something than is needed.

Answer 58

Surplus

Question 59

Aztecs conquered many other people thereby developing a large empire. The empire spread from?

Answer 59

The Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.