8Th Grade Social Studies - Ams

Front 1

Which groups adapted to the conditions of the Arctic?

Back 1

Inuit and Aleut

Front 2

How do scientist think people arrived in North America?

Back 2

Bering land bridge

Front 3

Which of the following was not a Meso-American society?

Back 3

A. Maya
B. Inca
C. Aztecs
D. Anasaz

Front 4

What was the first Meso-American civilization?

Back 4

Olmec

Front 5

What group was in the Andes Mountains?

Back 5

Inca

Front 6

In what way was all Indian groups alike?

Back 6

Shared beliefs about religion and land ownership

Front 7

Pacific Northwest Indians honored their ancestors by __________.

Back 7

Totems

Front 8

Great Plain Indians lived mostly by ______________.

Back 8

Hunting

Front 9

Pueblos were houses out of clay called ____________.

Back 9

Adobe

Front 10

The land bridge that early Americans crossed called

Back 10

Bering Land Bridge

Front 11

The three main crops grow by American Natives are called ________, _________, _________.

Back 11

maize
squash
beans

Front 12

The first people in arrive in North America did so during the last _____________.

Back 12

Ice Age

Front 13

Large amounts of water froze into huge ___________.

Back 13

glaciers

A glacier is a moving sheet of ice.

Front 14

This caused the sea level to drop 300 feet and exposed a land bridge between _____ and _________.

Back 14

Asia and North America (Alaska)

Front 15

The land bridge was called the ______ ________ _________.

Back 15

Bering Land Bridge

Front 16

The people who 1st came acrose the Bering Land Bridge were called the ___________.

Back 16

Paleo-Indians

Front 17

When the Ice Age ended, the climate in North America became ___________ and the environment changed.

Back 17

warmer

Front 18

When the Ice Age ended and the climate became warmer, the Land Bridge was covered with ______________.

Back 18

water

Front 19

After the Ice Age, the environment changed and allowed people to _______ ________. This led to permanent settlements.

Back 19

plant crops

Front 20

Mesoamerica today is called _________________ or _________________.

Back 20

Mexico or Central America

Front 21

Early Mesoamericans were _______________, believed in many gods.

Back 21

Polytheistic

Front 22

Name three important crops of the Mesoamerican people.

Back 22

Maize (corn)
Beans
Squash

Front 23

The earliest known (1st) civilization in the Americas (North & South America) were _________________.

Back 23

Olmec

Front 24

Who were mostly farmers who lived near the rain forests in Mesoamericas?

Back 24

Mayans

Front 25

Who started out as warrior nomads but eventually settled in an area in central Mexico called Tenochtitlan?

Back 25

Aztecs

Front 26

Which group made human sacrifices?

Back 26

Aztecs

Front 27

Which group was eventually conquered by the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro?

Back 27

Aztecs

Front 28

Which Spanish explorer conquered the Incas?

Back 28

Francisco Pizarro

Front 29

Native American got the name Indians from _____________.

Back 29

Christopher Columbus

Front 30

Christopher Columbus thought he was in the ___________.

Back 30

Indes

Front 31

All Indian Groups of North shared a deep ___________.

Back 31

love of the land

Front 32

For the Native American Indian groups religion was linked to ____________.

Back 32

nature

Front 33

For the Native American Indians, everything has a __________.

Back 33

spirit

Front 34

The Native American Indians had a shared belief on property which was ____________.

Back 34

The land was to be shared by the group.

Front 35

The Native American Indians wanted to preserve the land for who?

Back 35

Future generations

Front 36

_____________ lived in Mississippi, Ohip, and Missouri river balleys.

Back 36

Mound Builders

Front 37

Mound Builders built 100's of ____________ for religious ceremonies.

Back 37

mounds

Front 38

MOUND BUILDERS

1. ________________
2. ________________ Cahokia-their largest city (near present day St. Louis)

Back 38

1. Hopewell
2. Mississippian

Front 39

Inuit and Aleut lived in the artic and subartic regions of __________ and ________.

Back 39

Canada and Alaska

Front 40

Inuit and Aleut lived mostly in _________, but also built hide tents and huts.

Back 40

igloos

Front 41

Inuit and Aleut survived by _____ and ______.

Back 41

fishing & hungint (whale)

Front 42

Inuit and Aleut depended heavily on ____ for hunting and pulling sleds.

Back 42

dogs

Front 43

Pacific Northwest

Carved __________ - carved ancestor and animal spirits on tall wooden poles.

Back 43

totem poles

Front 44

West

Abundant food supply meant there was little need for ____________.

Back 44

farming

Front 45

West

Were mostly ______ & _______. Especially ________.

Back 45

hunting & gatherers
especially acorns.

Front 46

Southwest

3 Important crops were:

Back 46

Maize
Beans
Squash

Front 47

Southwest

Due to dry climate, they had to rely on _________ to farm the land.

Back 47

irrigation

Front 48

Southwest

In 750 AD, they built multi-storied adobe homes called ____________.

Back 48

pueblos

Front 49

Pueblos - are above ground houses, made of a heavy clay called ____________.

Back 49

adobe

Front 50

Anasazi

They were an important Pueblo group in the Southwest. Lived in the ______ Regions - present day Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah.

Back 50

4 corners

Front 51

Anasazi

Some of the Pueblos were built into the walls of cliffs. They did this for protection. This is why the Anasazi are sometimes called ___________.

Back 51

cliff dwellers

Front 52

Great Plains Region

Stretched from _____ to ________.

Back 52

Canada to Texas

Front 53

Great Plains Region

Lived mostly by __________.

Back 53

hunting

Front 54

Great Plains Region

Mostly they hunted ________, _________ and __________.

Back 54

buffalo, elk and deer

Front 55

Great Plains Region

They used animal skins for everything. They built _____ - cone shaped shelters made of animal skins.

Back 55

Teepees

Front 56

Great Plains Region

Some farmers grew the 3 main crops: _____, ______, ______

Back 56

Maize
Beans
Squash

Front 57

Northeast & Southeast

Land was rich in natural resources. Lumber, crops, animals and fish were abundant.

Some tribes lived in _______ - rectangular homes made of logs and brick.

Back 57

loghouses

Front 58

__________ were the most powerful Indian Tribe in North America.

Back 58

Iroquois

Front 59

The Iroquois created a powerful alliance of Native American tribes called the _________________. They waged war on non-Iroquois league members.

Back 59

Iroquois League Nation