Early American Civ

The first American societies were nomadic hunter-gatherers. What does the word nomadic mean?

• They prayed to many gods

• They constructed houses of clay

• They moved from place to place

• Women controlled the property

Why did humans begin to settle down in towns and cities instead of staying nomadic?

• The invention of farming made it easier to feed larger groups

• The invention of bricks led humans to start building homes

• The Ice Age made it too hard to hunt

• Fights between tribes made nomadic life too hard

_________ is the traditions, values, beliefs, habits, knowledge, arts and achievements of a particular nation or group people

Agriculture helps generate culture by... (Check all that apply)

• Making education easier

• Giving people free time to invent, create and play

• Encouraging trade between different groups

• Causing more warfare between tribes

A civilization is a complex society that has which of the following? (Check all that apply)

• A social hierarchy with different classes

• A nomadic population

• A shared form of government

• Hospitals, public transportation and schools

The additional food generated by farming is called

• Crops

• Terraces

• Slurpus

• Surplus

This was the oldest of the Early South American civilizations

• Aztec

• Maya

• Olmec

• Inca

Which of the following are actual theories explaining why the Olmec carved giant stone heads? (Check all that apply)

• Aliens left them after visiting Earth

• They were portraits of kings or perhaps gods

• They marked territory belonging to the Olmec

• They may have been used as money

This large empire had no central government, but many powerful independent cities

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

• Aztec

The Maya were perhaps most famous for...

• Brutal human sacrifice

• Advanced mathematics and astronomy

• A complex road system

• Farms carved into mountain sides