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Ch 1/The First Americans

Terms in this set (38)

ancestor
this is an early family member
theory
This is an idea based on study and research
glaciers
Slow moving sheets of ice-covered large parts of the Earth
migration
This is the movement of people
origin stories
These are stories that tell about people's past and how the world was made. Then they passed these stories onto their family members
Native Americans
Who used origin stories to tell about their past and how the world was made.
beginnings
The word origin means what?
nomadic
Early people likely led a ____________ way of life.
nomadic life
This type of life means traveling from place to place often.
artifacts
This is a word for what scientist have discovered. They are objects made by people, that show the early people hunted large animals during their long treks.
hunters and gatherers
Scientist refer to people that hunted and gathered wild foods such as plants, roots and nuts as what type of people?
extinct (or died out)
Giant animals that early people used to hunt eventually __________________________.
Agriculture
this is another word for farming
tribes
These are groups of people who share the same language, land leaders and culture.
settle in one place.
Tribes were formed because people began to ______________________.
civilization
This is a group of people with ways of life, religion and learning.
Olmec
This was one of the earliest civilizations in the Americas and ruled most of what is now southern Mexico.
San Lorenzo
This is the oldest city that scientist have discovered.
rivers
Most Olmec cities were located near what? This was to help travel between cities and build a trade system.
the 365-day calendar
The Olmec created a system of writing and counting which helped them develop what?
"mother culture"
The Olmec is still today known as ___________________ by some scientist, because it helped influence other civilizations with their culture and customs.
Maya
This group was influenced by the Olmec. They also developed a writing and counting system as well.
Hieroglyphics
The Mayan writing system was based on what?
social classes
The Mayan did not have a central government and they were divided into _________________ and ruled by powerful kings.
class
This is a group of people in a society who have something in common.
stone cities
The Mayan built more than 100 what?
mound builders
These societies of Native Americans built large earth mounds.
Mississippian
These were the largest mound builders. Who were they?
Mississippian
Mississippi river
This was the LARGEST civilization of mound builders. They were located on the ______________ river?
Four Corners
The area where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet is called what?
pueblo
This spanish word means "village." They were homes built by the Spanish
Adena
Earliest Mound-building people who lived in the Ohio River valley.
Maya
The oldest Olmec city that scientists have discovered.
Village
Pueblo is the Spanish word for__________?
Beringia
land bridge that connected Asia and North America. Named after the Bering Straight.
Mayan
The _______civilization was divided into social classes instead of having a central government.
100
The Maya built more than 100 stone cities.
People began forming ______ now that they were beginning to settle in one place.
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