US History: Chapter 1- The First Americans

Experts believe the first people to live in North America were ____________.

• European explorers

• Asian nomads

• Aztecs

• Mesoamericans

The Olmecs, Mayans, Toltecs, and Aztecs were _________.

• Cliff dwellers

• Asian nomads

• Mesoamerican civilizations

• Mound-building cultures

In the southwest, the Hohokam built irrigation canals and _________.

• Ball courts

• Giant pyramids

• Huge buildings

• Miles of road

Other peoples adopted the Hopewell respect for ________.

• Education

• Officials

• Pyramids

• Nature

At Cahokia, the Mississippians developed ________.

• A floating city

• A huge military fort

• A major trading center

• A school of astronomy

A large body of ice

• Glacier

• Archaeologists

• Beringia

• Mounds

Built to bury the dead

• Mounds

• Mayans

• Glacier

• Plains Indians

Land bridge that connected Siberia to Alaska

• Beringia

• Glacier

• Mississippians

• Mounds

People who study the remains of past human life

• Archaeologists

• Anasazi

• Mississippians

• Respect for the dead

Also known as the “cliff dwellers”

• Anasazi

• Mayans

• Mississippians

• Beringia