Flashcards in The Native Americans Deck (21)
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What were the five nations that were part of the Iroquois league
Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga
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How and why did people come to the Americas
They came from Asia across a land bridge called Beringia because they were in search for food
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What is a nomad
Person who travels from place to place and hunts and gathers
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What is migration
When a large amount of people move from one place to another
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What is archaeology
The study of ancient people
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What is an artifact
Something from an ancient civilization from the past
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What is culture
Beliefs, art, music, food, literature, architecture
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What things do civilizations need
Shelter, set homes, water source, specialization, food
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What civilization is the oldest of the four
Olmec
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Who were the Olmec
Farmers
Stone pavements
Water system
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Who were the Maya
Lived in the rainforest
Ate maize, beans, and sweet potatoes
Up to 2,000,000 people
Built zig gamut the size of a 20 story building
Theocracy
Lived in present day Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize
Developed hieroglyphics
Made math system of counting
Made 365 day calendar
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What are ziggaruts
Temples that the maya made
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Who were the Aztecs
Hunters
Home on an island
Made a road out of dirt to the other shore
Mandatory public schools
Practiced polygamy
Human sacrifices and cannabalism
Tenochtitlan was the main city
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Who were the inca
Lived in mountain range in Peru
Capital city is Cuzco
Emperor is pachicuti
Spiked copper balls, spears, and slinging stones were weapons
Quip us is their system of keeping records
Made terrace for farming
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Who were the hohokam
Lived in Arizona
Made irrigation channels
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Who were the Anasazi
Lived in the four corners
Built pueblos
Built road systems
Lived in the mountains
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What are pueblos
Stone dwellings built by the Anasazi
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Who were the mound builders
Lived in Ohio river valley
Adena, Hopewell
Mounds held deceased and treasures
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Who were the Cahokia
Lived in Illinois
Great pyramid dominated city
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How did the native Americans adapt to their environments to form a unique culture
Inuit-settled up north around article ocean, built igloos, wore animal skins,fished,hunted whales and walruses, burnt seal oil
North West-wooden houses,canoes,baskets from tree bark,fished
Plateau-mound houses,fished
South west-irrigation,adobe houses, hunted and farmed, cliff dwellings
Plain-nomadic lived in tepees,hunted,grew corn,had horses
Middle East-Iroquois, created law codes, organized gov,and federation
East-grew a lot of crops
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