Native Americans and Explorers Review

Great mathematicians and engineers

• Olmec

• Maya

• Toltec

• Aztec

Had a strong military they used to conquer other areas

• Maya

• Toltec

• Aztec

• Olmec

Practiced slash-and-burn agriculture

• Algonquian

• Iroquois Confederacy

• Sioux

• Anasazi

Built cliff dwellings

• Hohokam

• Anasazi

• Algonquian

• Aztec

First civilization in America

• Maya

• Toltec

• Olmec

• Aztec

Used primitive irrigation canals to water fields

• Anasazi

• Hohokam

• Iroquois

• Algonquian

Created an accurate calendar

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Maya

• Toltec

Alliance created to defeat a common enemy (Huron)

• Sioux

• Algonquian

• Hohokam

• Iroquois Confederacy

Used metal (copper and gold) in art and jewelry

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Toltec

Mastered the ability to tame, train, and ride a horse

• Algonquian

• Anasazi

• Sioux

• Iroquois