Americas Unit Study Guide

How did people cross into the Americas when the water was frozen over?

• Bering Land Bridge

• By boat

• By air

What is slash and burn agriculture?

• farming method where trees and plants are cut and burned

• A method of irrigation used in dry regions

• A traditional method of fishing

What writing system did they use?

• Hieroglyphics

• Alphabet

What benefit was gained by creating a calendar?

• Improved Farming

• Improving personal time management

What did the ruler decide?

• when and where to go to war

• To sign a peace treaty

Nobles were the only members of society who knew how to do what?

• Read and write
• farm

What THREE tasks did Priests perform?

• Led rituals, offer sacrifices, foretold the future

• Farming, trading, and building

Some slaves were born as slaves but others became slaves as _______.

• punishment for crimes

• debt repayment

What major lake was the center of Aztec life?

• Lake Texcoco
• Lake Perris

What farming innovation allowed for increased land to grow crops?

• chinampas
• tractor