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15 Cards in this Set
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How did the first people come to the Americas?
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They crossed a land bridge called Beringia from Asia to Alaska during the last Ice Age
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Why did they come here?
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They were nomads, searching for food.
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Who were the Maya
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They created great cities in rain forests of Mexico and Central America and studied astronomy and math. They had a written language with hieroglyphics. Farmers, planted maize.
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Who were the Aztec
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They formed a permanent home in Central Mexico. Their city Tenochtitan, was the largest in the Americas and one of the largest in the world.
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Who were the Inca
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They were in the western highlands of South America. They built a large system of roads and bridges.
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Who were the Mound Builders
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Lived in present day Pennsylvania to the MIssissippi River Valley. Influenced by Mexico. Consisted of the Adena, Hopewell, Cahokia (largest)
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Who were the Hohokam?
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Lived in the Arizona desert, experts at irrigation.
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Who were the Anasazi?
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Lived in the area known as Four Corners, built stone dwellings (pueblos) and cliff dwellings such as Mesa Verde
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Who were the Inuit?
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People who settled in the northernmost part of North America around the Arctic, were hunters & fishers with cold weather skills
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Who were the people of the West
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Th Tlingit, Haida, and Chinook who used the resources of the forest and the sea.
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Who were the people of the Southwest
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Hopi, Acoma and Zuni, Apache and Navajo... built adobe homes made from dried mud brick
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Who were the people of the Great Plains
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Nomads - lived in tepees - Comanche, Dakota, skilled horsemen
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Who were the People of the East and Southeast
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Complex political systems, Iriquois and Cherokee federations. Became farmers
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Who were part of the Iriquois Confederacy
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Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida and Cayuga
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What happened to the Native American cultures in the 1500s
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They met the Europeans, whose arrival changed their lives forever
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