Module 7 People and Empires in the Americas

Why do scholars disagree about how and when people arrived to the Americas?

This group of North American Natives lived in pueblos like the one pictured below

Scholars believe the early Americans traveled from what continent to the Americas?

Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire, is in modern day

This Colossal Head sculpture was from which civilization

What is the name of the ancient land bridge over which the earliest Americans are belied to have migrated from?

Which society played a game somewhat similar to basketball?

These are the mother cultures of the Inca in Peru

The Incan ruler was seen as a decedent of the Incan sun god.

What were some indicators of social class and status in the Aztec world?

Why were Native American societies in North America so diverse?

The Incan covered important religious structures with layers of gold

The Aztec empire was in modern day

What caused the end of land travel across Beringia?

When agriculture was developed, more people began hunting and gathering than ever before

To where did all of the roads in the Incan empire lead?

Maize was one of the most important crops in the Americas

Both the Olmec and the Zapotec's reason for decline is unknown

A common motif found in Olmec art is the jaguar.

A gathering where people displayed their rank and prosperity is called a _________ in northwestern coastal tribes of NA.

What ultimately caused the end of the great Incan Empire

The Olmec and the Zapotec had formal writing systems.

Why did the Aztecs sacrifice human beings to their gods?

The Maya were known to make sacrifices to their gods

The base-20 Number system was used by which society to help create their calendar?