First Americans Vocab Flashcard

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Anything before recorded history is called

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prehistoric

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Cause of land bridge formation?

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All of the above.

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End of Ice Age: fate of mammoths & saber-tooth tigers?

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Went extinct.

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10,000 years ago, people began to practice _______. They planted and raised their own food.

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agricultiure

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What is irrigation?

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A system of bringing water to crops.

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First Americans were nomadic to follow food like buffalo.

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To follow food such as the buffalo.

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People originally from North America are called...

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Native Americans

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Civilization that charted celestial bodies for an accurate calendar.

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Maya

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Native American people who built Tenochtitlan and controlled much of present-day Mexico.

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the Aztecs

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Mayan creation still in use today:

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365-day calendar