Unit 2 The First Americans Review

Why did people come to the America's?

• It was the warmest place during the Ice-Age.

• They were fleeing their enemies.

• They were following their food source.

• The America's were known for the beauty.

Based on theory, how did people get to the Americas?

• The swam across the Bering Sea.

• They were already here.

• The got there by plane.

• The crossed a land bridge.

What was the name of the land bridge.

• Golden Gate

• Beringia

• Robert Moses

• Throgs Neck

Who were the earliest known settlers in the Americas?

• Mesopotamians

• Mayas

• Olmecs

• Egyptians

A major achievement of the Olmecs was...;

• The concept of zero.

• Tenochtitlan

• Chinampas

• Big Stone Heads

It is believed that the first people who arrived in the Americas came from

• China to Central America.

• Siberia across a land bridge to Alaska.

• Europe to the coast of Eastern Canada.

• Africa across a land bridge to South America.

The cleared Rainforest and drained swamps to farm.

• Aztecs

• Mayas

• Olmecs

• Incas

They created a number system with the concept of zero.

• Mayas

• Incas

• Olmecs

• Aztecs

Their capital city was Tenochtitlan, built on an island in the middle of a lake.

• Incas

• Olmecs

• Mayas

• Aztecs

The Aztecs built floating gardens called

• Causeways

• Chinampas

• Tenochtitlan

• Machu Picchu