7th grade History
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Terms | Definitions |
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 andes,incas | the____mountains run down the western side of south america and they were home to the____indians |
| south | the amszon river is located in____America |
| Pacific and Atlantic | both North and South America are bordered by the ____and ____ |
| Cuzco | The capital of the Incan Emoire was ____;which means "center"in the Incan language. |
| Quechua | The offical language of the Incan Empire was ____ |
| quipu | Incan history was recorded on knotted strings called____ |
| terraces | Bacause the Andes are steep,dry and rocky...the Incas used ____,or steplike edges cut into the mountain,to grow their food. |
| Pizarro, Measles | The Spanish conquistador,_______, arrived in South America in the 1530's and destroyed the Incan Empire. He and his men brought diseases like smallpox and _______ which the Indians had never been exposed to...both diseases killed many Incas. |
| "Children of the Sun" | The work "Inca" means___________. |
| Surgeons, anesthetics | The Incas had much medical knowledge...they trained_________ and they also used _________ when performing surgery on a patient. |
| Aztecs, Tenochtitlan | The _______built their capital city of __________ on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco. |
| Pharamid | The Olmec, an ancient people of Middle America, built large stone heads and _________-shaped temples along the Gulf Coast of Middle America. |
| Tucatan | The Mayas are another Indian culture who built a great civilization on the _______ Peninsula in Middle America. |
| farming, slash, burn, trees, burned | The Mayas based their culture on ______: they used a technique called ______ and ______ to farm. It meant they first cleared the land by cutting down _____ and they then _____ the stump leaving ash to use as fertilizer for their crops. |
| temple, pyramids | The most important religious events for the Mayan took place at large _________-_________. |
| Sun | The most important Aztec god was the ______god. |
| blood, sacrifices | Aztec religion taught that the sun would not rise and cross the sky everyday without human _______. This is why Aztec religious ceremonies often included human_________. |
| Priests, military, artisans, slaves | Aztec society was made up of the emperor at the top, the royal family, nobles, ______,_______leaders, soldiers, _______, merchants, farmers, and ________. |
| cotton | Aztec soldiers had armor made from layers of heavy quilted ________. |
| Montezuma | The Aztec leader, _______, and the Aztec people were defeated by the Spanish conquistador Cortez in 1521: this marked the end of the Aztec Empire. |
| jaguar | The Olmec Indians worshiped a god that was part ______ and part human. |
| Religion | ___________ was at the heart of Mayan life; it was complex and involved the worship of many gods. One of their most important god was the god of _______. |
| Society | The military dominated Aztec _______; They were warriors and often went to war with neighboring Indian tribes to get their human sacrifices. Being an Aztec warrior earned a man prestige, wealth and power. |
| metal | The Toltecs were a group of Indians who introduced the art of _______-working to Mexico. |
| evil | The Aztecs believed their sun god was at war with the forces of darkness or ________. |
| Great Plains | The ___________ are a mostly flat and grassy region of western North America. |
| Mound Builders, rivers | The Indians of North America who built huge mounds of dirt are called ___________. These indians lived along ________ which provided them with fish and fresh water. |
| Andena | The ______ were early Moundbuilders who lived in the Ohio Valley; they built small mounds (under 20 feet high). which held weapons, tools, decorative obfects and bodies. |
| hope well | The ______ were Moundbuilders who lived along the Mississippi River; they had no organized society and lived in small communities. |
| anazy, chaco | The ______ were Indians who lived in the southwestern part of North America; they built a trade center in ______ Canyon in present day New Mexico. |
| canals, pueblos, Adobe | To capture rainwater for crops, the Anasazi created a system of ________ and dams. They also lived in homes called _______, which were made of stone and _______. These buildings wree multi-storied often having hundreds of rooms. |
| tipes | The Sioux Indians lived in homes called ______ because they were easy to take apart and move which allowed them to follow the huge hers of buffalo or bison. |
| totem | The indians of the Northwest Coast of north Amnerica are known for their building of _______ poles, which were carved and painted logs that looked like animals. |
| Choctaw, Chickasaw, Natchez | The three largest tribes that lived in what is now Mississippi were called the ________, _________ & the ________. |
| clans, | Much of the government or power in these Mississippi Indians was held by ______; or groups of related families. They punished criminals and protected people from violence. |
| Natchez, Natchez, Grand Village, Son | The ________Indians lived along______ Bluffs in the western part of MS in a village called the _________. Their chief was called the Great _____. |
| Pontotoc | The Chickasaw Indians of MS lived in Northern MS along _____ Ridge; they were small in number but were well known because they were fierce warriors...even defeating the French explorers of the area. |
| Choctaw, stickball | The _______were the most numerous tribe in MS. They lived in central MS and played a game called ________, or "Little Brother of War". It was called this because it was often used instead of war to settle differences. |
| festival, bone pickers | The ______ of Mourning was a yearly ceremony in which the Choctaw buried their dead; but first, Choctaws called __________ cleaned bones of flesh using their long finernails. |
| 9,000, Amazon, Mississippi | The Americas stretch more than ______miles in length, from Cape Horn in South America to Greenland, off the coast of North America. Two of the world's greatest rivers are located here...including the _______River in South America and the __________River in North America. |
| Northwest, Southwest, Woodland | The four main groups of Indians in North America include the _________ Indians (known for their use of totem poles), the _________Indians (known for their use of irrigation in farming), the Great Plains Indians (known for their hunting and use of the buffalo), and the Eastern _________Indians (known for their burial mounds). |
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