Settling the Americas Unit 1 Lesson 1

They crossed the Beringia Land Bridge to arrive in North America.

Cahokia was one of the largest cities during its' time. Who's city was it?

A population whose people share systems of trade, art, religion, and science is called:

They developed a system of mathematics, calendars, and studied the stars.

Who developed a calendar and were the first American people to understand the concept of zero?

A person who studies the tools, bones, and remains of an ancient people is called:

Who had four trade routes and traded with the Maya?

What common crops did the early civilizations farm?

They were the first of make food from the wild bean cacao.

A thick sheet of slow-moving ice is called a:

Bricks made of mud and straw are called:

The method of supplying dry land with water through pipes and ditches is called

They lived in dwellings that looked like apartments built into sides of cliffs.