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WorksheetsEarly Cultures of the Americas
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
We developed the kayak.
Inca
Maya
Mound Builders
Inuit
Anasazi
We lived in the Four Corners Region for approximately 1,200 years.
Inca
Aztec
Mound Builders
Inuit
Anasazi
We built one of the world’s largest cities.
Aztec
Inca
Mound Builders
Inuit
Anasazi
We developed a fast communication system.
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Inuit
Anasazi
We built floating gardens.
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Inuit
Anasazi
We built the Great Serpent Mound.
Mound Builders
Inca
Maya
Inuit
Anasazi
We built houses made from blocks of packed snow.
Mound Builders
Inca
Maya
Inuit
Anasazi
We held religious ceremonies in kivas, which only men could enter.
Mound Builders
Inca
Maya
Inuit
Anasazi
We lived east of the Mississippi River.
Mound Builders
Aztec
Inca
Inuit
Anasazi
We lived in present-day Peru.
Mound Builders
Aztec
Inca
Inuit
Anasazi
We developed a system of writing and a calendar.
Mound Builders
Aztec
Maya
Inuit
Anasazi
We were able to produce a large surplus of food.
Mound Builders
Aztec
Maya
Inuit
Anasazi
Our empire stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Aztec
Inca
Inuit
Mound Builders
Anasazi
We lived in the frozen lands near the Arctic Ocean.
Aztec
Inca
Inuit
Mound Builders
Anasazi
Artifacts tell archaeologists that trade was important to us.
Aztec
Inca
Inuit
Mound Builders
Anasazi
After the Ice Age ended, what new foods did early peoples find to eat?
Fish
Woolly Mammoths
Berries
Nuts
Why did early peoples find a new food source after the Ice Age?
The dinosaurs had become extinct.
Many large mammals were dying out.
They were bored of eating only meat.
It was getting colder, and they could not fish in the ice.
We lived the farthest North.
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Mound Builders
Inuit
We lived the farthest South.
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Mound Builders
Inuit
A climograph gives information about a place's ____________________.
precipitation
temperature
specialization
irrigation
population
We were farmers.
Maya
Aztec
Inuit
Inca
We were conquerors.
Maya
Aztec
Inuit
Inca
We lived in what is now the United States.
Maya
Aztec
Mound Builders
Anasazi
Inca
Payment demanded by rulers from the people they rule
tribute
civilization
specialize
theory
A person who studies people from long ago
archaeologist
slavery
mesa
theory
A group of lands and peoples ruled by one leader
empire
slavery
artifact
civilization
A thick sheet of ice
glacier
migrate
pyramid
mesa
An object the someone made in the past
artifact
slavery
tribute
specialize
A long period without rain
drought
surplus
ceremony
pyramid
Movement of people to another land
migrate
theory
mesa
surplus
A possible explanation
theory
glacier
mesa
specialize
Do only one kind of job
specialize
migrate
surplus
civilization
Activity done for a special purpose or event
ceremony
artifact
tribute
surplus
High, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it
mesa
surplus
glacier
empire
Culture with organized system of government, religion, and learning
civilization
specialization
migrate
ceremony
Long period of extreme cold on earth
Ice Age
glacier
pyramid
tribute
The practice of holding people against their will
slavery
arifact
specialize
migrate
More than needed
surplus
specialize
tribute
mesa
Building shaped like a triangle
pyramid
mesa
tribute
glacier
We did not live in what is now the United States.
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Anasazi
