Native Americans Unit Review

What is one of the main theories archaeologists believe on how early peoples arrived to North America 10,000-15,000 years ago?

• They crossed a land bridge that formed during the last ice age
• They arrived just before the Pilgrims from Europe
• They migrated from South America
• They came on large whales from Australia

Name that civilization...This civilization created a vast empire in the Jungles of Mexico. They created their own calendar, mathematic system, and even developed the use of chocolate.

• Anasazi
• Mound Builders
• Maya
• Inuit

Name that civilization...This civilization created a large empire in central Mexico, conquering other surrounding groups of people and establishing a large capital city at Tenochtitlan. They were known for fierce battle skills and their floating gardens.

• Aztec
• Mound Builders
• Maya
• Inuit

Name that civilization...This civilization built large cliff dwellings in the desert southwest. They survived by dry farming and irrigation.

• Aztec
• Mound Builders
• Maya
• Anasazi

Name that civilization...This civilization lived in the far north of Alaska and Canada. They have a strong connection to nature, and never wasted any part of a whale, seal, or walrus. 

• Aztec
• Inuit
• Maya
• Anasazi

Name that civilization...This civilization built large mounds to bury their dead and for religious ceremonies in the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys of the Midwest.

• Aztec
• Inuit
• Mound Builders
• Anasazi

These dolls were used by Native American tribes of the Desert Southwest to teach lessons and bring good fortune to their tribes.

• Kachinas
• winter counts
• potlatches
• totem poles

How did Native Americans of the Desert Southwest grow crops in the harsh desert southwest?

• rain magic
• dry farming and irrigation
• sprinklers
• they did not farm

This type of Desert Southwest home was like a large apartment building.

• hogan
• plank house
• teepee
• pueblo

This type of Desert Southwest home was a large dome shaped structure made of adobe.

• long house
• hogan
• lodge
• wigwam