Early Americans

Workers in my civilization built stone pyramids and temples to honor our gods.

• Inuit

• Maya

• Aztec

• Anasazi

In the kiva in our cliff dwelling, we held meetings and religious ceremonies

• Aztec

• Inuit

• Maya

• Anasazi

I lived the great city of Cahokia, one of the largest cities in the world.

• Aztec

• Inuit

• Mound Builder

• Maya

I tended crops growing on the chinampas outside our capital city, Tenochtitlan

• Aztec

• Maya

• Mound Builders

• Inuit

My people showed respect for animals by using every part of the animals we hunted.

• Aztec

• Inuit

• Maya

• Mound Builder

What happened when the Ice Age ended and the world's climate began to warm?

• Many animals died and Native Americans could no longer hunt them for food.

• The Inuit began to move farther north to remain in cold areas.

• People crossed the Bering land bridge to reach North America.

• The Maya began to farm, raising wheat and rice.

Most Mound Builders settles along what feature of geography?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Pacific Ocean