Early North Americans Vocab II Aztec Inca Maya
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Highly developed societies
civilization
A form of writing that uses symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
Stone dwellings built by the Anasazi people
pueblos
What is a theocracy?
Society ruled by religious leaders
What is a federation and give an example
Government that links different groups of people. Example: Iroquois League
An early form of corn
maize
A movement of a large number of people to a new homeland
Migration
A scientific method used to discover the age of an artifact
Carbon dating
Define nomad
A person who moves from place to place
Define culture
Way of life
Largest of the Early American Civilizations
Inca
Tenochtitlan
Capital of the Aztec Empire
What role did religion play for the Maya and the Aztec?
Entire societies were organized around religion
What role did human sacrifice play for the Aztec
Necessary to keep the gods pleased and ensure good harvests
How did the Inca move about their large empire?
Stone paved roads, rope bridges
These people lived in tepees, hunted buffalo and lived a nomadic life style
People of the Plains
Built structures out of the earth that resembled the pyramids of the Aztec and the Maya
Mound Builders
This group of North American people agreed to live peacefully with each other and created a constitution that was written down in later years
Iroquois
What is the significance of Cahokia
Largest settlement of Mound Builders located in present day Illinois
Early Americans crossed Beringia into what modern day state?
Alaska
What was the land bridge that stretched from Northeastern Siberia to Alaska?
Beringia
What was the significance of the Ice Age to early Americans?
Exposed Beringia
In the 1500 s, what changed the ways of life for Native Americans forever?
Arrival of Europeans
What body of water now covers the land bridge that early Americans used to migrate?
Bering Strait
Why did early Americans cross the land bridge?
Nomads, following their food sources
What did the early Americans hunt? (At least 2 examples)
Mammoths, Elk, Deer, etc.
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