HISTORY TEST 2

Which of these was a land bridge from Asia to North America?

What is a name for a society run by religious leaders?

Where do many archaeologists believe the earliest Americans came from?

Which group of native peoples is known for extensive irrigation systems?

What is a tool, weapon, or other object left behind by early peoples?

The Olmec had little influence on the civilizations that came afterward.

Carbon dating allows scientists to estimate the approximate age of an artifact.

Culture is defined as a way of the world. ( If this is false what is culture defined as?)

What is a narrow passage of water between two larger bodies of water?

The Maya developed a type of righting called the Malinche

Which method of getting food changed the nomadic way of life?

Do you know all the border states?

The mound builders were a single group of people who lived in one area of north America.

The ancient Puebloans built great stone dwellings called _________.

The Aztec city built on an island in Lake Taxcoco was called:

Which of these was a distinguishing feature of Inca farming.

The Olmec built stone houses, monuments and drainage systems.

The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was also known as Pachacuti.

The place where Utah, Colorodo, Arizona, and New Mexico meet each other.

The Olmec, Maya and Inca were highly developed societies, also called _________.

Different members of the Iroquois league were organized by related families, called ____.

Why did ancient people probably first have to come to the Americas?

The Maya were a _______, or a society ruled by religious leaders.

Which of these is a type of corn?

The Cherokee had formal law codes and formed _____ or governments that linked different groups.

Which Native American group made warm, waterproof clothing from seal skin.

The Inca cut _______ into the sides of the steep terrain to farm their mountainous land.

The Inca kept records by using Quipus

What do you call a person who moves from place to place?

Which early American Civilization was the largest.

The ________ people farmed and built stone houses, monuments, and drainage systems.

What do you call the study of the material remains of ancient peoples?

By what name is Illinois' largest earthworks complex known?

Which of these animals was a food source for early Native Americans?

When the number of large mammals began to vanish, people had to find different _____ for food.

The capital city of the Inca Empire was _______.

In which of these groups did women play a strong role in the government?

Which Aztec city was once the largest city in the Americas.

Which of these was a way the Maya used their temples.