Early Americans

• The earliest were called _________ Indians and followed animal herds throughout North America

• Paleo

• Siouix

• Proto

• Possible

• The _________ thrived from about A.D. 300 to A.D. 900 primarily in southern Mexico and Guatemala

• Maya

• Inca

• Aztec

• Sioux

• The _______empire ruled several million people in around 1200 AD

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Sioux

_______ was central to Aztec life.

• Religion

• War

• Entertainment

• Gladiator Fights

Thousands of prisoners were sacrificed to the Aztec _____.

• Gods

• Women

• Warriors

• Peasants

• The Inca was a _______culture that rose to power in the 1500s in the area that is now Peru

• Farming

• Hunting

• Technological

• Artistic