Native American Cultures

Most Eastern Woodlands Indians lived

• on farmland carved out of the jungle
• near lakes, rivers, or the ocean
• in an extremely harsh climate
• far from other native peoples

The Inca built terraces to ...

• grow a steady food supply
• sacrifice animals to the gods
• build their homes on
• keep intruders out

What did early Americans need in order to begin and form communities?

• money to buy thing
• dependable food supply
• clay to build homes
• a way to protect themselves

Where do archaeologists believe early Americans came from?

• Asia
• Atlantis
• Europe
• Mexico

The __________ settled in the northernmost parts of North America, in the lands around the Arctic Ocean

• Nez Perce
• Tlingit
• Inuit
• Haida

Tenochtitlan was the capital city of the __________.

• Olmec
• Inca
• Aztec
• Maya

Mayan temples were used for

• food markets
• festivals
• religious rituals
• kings home

The ice age provided access to the Americas through the ....

• Alaska land bridge
• Beringia Land Bridge
• Atlantic Land Bridge
• Strait of Magellan

Paleo Indians came to the Americas in pursuit of ...

• game animals
• corn
• religious freedom
• birds

The Ancestral Pueblo developed which of these techniques to adapt to living in a desert climate?

• building roads
• irrigating fields
• digging burial mounds
• carving stone spearheads