Us History - The First Americans

An object left behind by early civilizations

• strait

• maize

• artifact

• nomad

What is a society run by religios leaders called?

• a democracy

• a theocracy

• a culture

• a civilization

Which early American civilization was the largest?

• Aztec

• Maya

• Olmec

• Inca

Which of these is a way that the Maya used their temples?

• grain storage

• throne rooms

• government centers

• guest houses

In which group did women play a strong governmental role?

• Iroquois League

• Mohawk Nation

• Native American Federation

• Oneida Nation

Which of these was a distiguishing feature of Inca farming?

• the use of terraces

• the use of calendars

• the use of hieroglyphics

• the use of rope

The people in which American region made use of tepees?

• North

• Southwest

• Plains

• West

Which of these Native American groups relied on salmon as a main food source?

• Plains People

• Apache

• Cherokee

• Chinook

Match the following

• complex

• a group of related families

• structure

• highly detailed

• clan

• a building

• estimate

• a scientific way to determine the age of an artifact

• carbon dating

• a rough calculation of a number

Which of these resulted from the Maya's study of astronomy?

• 365-day calendar

• colorful cave paintings

• the first globe

• discovery of Neptune