Native Americans - Unit 2 Test

(a)   are cultures with organized systems of government and labor, with skilled workers and typically are made up of cities.

• Civilizations
• Governments
• Nomadic Tribes
• Technologies
• Influences

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The practice and skill of growing crops or food at a large scale.

• agriculture

• civilization

• irrigation

• nomads

• technology

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Groups of people who do not stay in one place, but rather move around a general area, following their source of food.

• agriculture

• civilizations

• customs

• nomads

• technology

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The First Americans were ​ (a)   that followed their food source, like mammoths across the ​ (b)   from Asia to the Americas during the last Ice Age.

• hunter-gatherers
• civilizations
• Olmecs
• engineers
• farmers
• land bridge
• irrigation

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Known for their giant stone heads, this civilization originated in modern day Veracruz, Mexico. They lived in cities like La Venta and were the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

• The Anasazi

• The Aztec

• The Inca

• The Maya

• The Olmec

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From cities like Tikal, Uxmal, Copan, and Chichen Itza in the modern day Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, this Mesoamerican civilization was known for their giant flat topped pyramids and use of hieroglyphs. They also developed an advanced calendar to tell time.

• The Anasazi

• The Aztec

• The Inca

• The Maya

• The Olmec

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Known as fierce warriors, they built the first empire of Mesoamerica. Their capital city, Tenochtitlan, was built in the middle of Lake Texcoco. They built floating gardens, massive pyramids, engaged in human sacrifice, and they bathed twice a day. This civilization was actually an alliance between the cities of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, Tlacopan.

• The Anasazi

• The Aztec

• The Inca

• The Maya

• The Mound Builders

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Known for their amazing feats of engineering including the terrace farming in the mountains, their amazing aqueducts, and bridge building skills, this civilization began in South America in what is now Peru. From the city of Cuzco, these people lived in the Andes Mountains. They are famous for the city in the clouds, Machu Picchu.

• The Anasazi

• The Aztec

• The Inca

• The Mound Builders

• The Olmec

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Also known as the Ancestral Puebloans, this civilization lived in the desert Southwest in modern day New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. This civilization is known for being cliff dwellers, building their adobe homes in the cliffs of the mountains and mesas in the region. They were the first people to bring irrigation to the desert to grow crops.

• The Anasazi

• The Aztec

• The Inca

• The Maya

• The Mound Builders

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This ancient civilization lived in the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. The were known for their large mounds made of earth that sometimes were in the shape of animals. From cities like Cahokia, this civilization was wealthy due to the presence of gold we found, despite not having gold nearby. One of the groups in this civilizations were the Mississippians.

• The Anasazi

• The Aztec

• The Maya

• The Mound Builders

• The Olmec

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