Peopling the Americas

A time when earth went through periods of extreme cold

• land bridge

• decade

• century

• ice age

A kind of culture that has complex systems of government, education and religion.

• empire

• civilization

• artifact

• century

A large area of different peoples controlled by one ruler or government.

• land bridge

• civilization

• empire

• ice age

An object made by people in the distant past.

• civilization

• artifact

• empire

• irrigation

100 years

• century

• decade

• ice age

• empire

A ten year time period.

• century

• decade

• ice age

• empire

A method by which water is brought into dry areas.

• civilization

• artifacts

• irrigation

• decade

Naturally formed "bridge" that connected land separated by bodies of water.

• straw bridge

• ice age

• civilization

• land bridge

The first people to settle the Americas survived by...

• farming

• trading

• hunting animals and gathering plants

• raising livestock

Choose the option that is NOT true about the Maya and the Olmec.

• They built mounds

• They developed complex cultures

• They made calendars

• They were civilizations