Social Studies Review

1st major indigenous tribe

Mysteriously Vanished

A colossol stone head was found

Lived in the tropical lowlands of South-Central Mexico

• Mayas

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Olmecs

Known for great cities: Tenochtitlan

Converted marshy wetlands into usable farmlands by creating floating gardens.

Lived in Southern Mexico

• Mayas

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Olmecs

Known for advanced system of writing using glyphs

Lived in Mexico, Central Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula

• Mayas

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Olmecs

Known for building cities and thousands of miles of roads.

Used terrace farming

Lived in Andes Mountains

• Mayas

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Olmecs

Known for master potters and weavers

Lived in arid climate of the Southwestern United States.

• Haida

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Olmecs

• Pueblo

Known for construction of cargo and war canoes.

Totem Poles

Lived in Northwest region of Canada, near the Pacific Ocean

• Haida

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Olmecs

• Pueblo

__________________ is the movement of people from one place to another.

• migration

• transportation

• location

• speed

One theory many scientists believe, is that the early people migrated to the Americas from Asia by way of the_____________________ land bridge during the Ice Age.

• Brooklyn

• Beringia

• Grand Island

• Panama Canal

The first human inhabitants of the Americas were from the continent of _____________.

• Asia

• Australia

• Europe

• South America

The __________________ were the first major indigenous tribe of Latin America. They mysteriously vanished, then in the mid-1900 a colossal stone head was discovered.

• Olmecs

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Mayas