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38 Cards in this Set
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According to Native American theory, what animal was the Earth?
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Tortoise
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Where were the first people to enter American wilderness from?
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Asia
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Who were the Paleo-Indians? What did they know how to do?
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the First Americans; they knew how to make fire, how to find food, and how to find shelter in harsh environments
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Were Paleo-Indians hunter-gatherers?
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yup yup
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What are hunter-gatherers?
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People who hunt animals and gather wild plants to provide for their needs
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What is the tundra?
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An often barren, arctic region
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What factor dramatically changed American landscape?
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The climate grew warmer and drier
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Did any of the Native American people keep written records?
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Noper Doper
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What does "Kulsu" mean?
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The Creator
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What weapons did the Paleo-Indians use for hunting?
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Clovis points (stone tips)
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What were the first mothers of all Tewa known as?
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"Blue Corn Woman, Near to Summer"
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What was the most dramatic change the Paleo-Indians made? What was this officially called?
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The shift from hunting and gathering to the domestication, or adapting and controlling, of plants
This was called the Agricultural Revolution |
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What was subsistence farming?
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Growing just enough crops for survival
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Where did teh first cities appear?
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Southwestern Asia
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What was Olmec?
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The first great Mesoamerican culture
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What culture was the mother culture of Mesoamerica?
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Olmec - it strongly influenced later societies
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What was one of the first Olmec settlements?
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San Lorenzo
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Which culture developed the beginnings of a calendar and writing?
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Olmec
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Which culture practiced slash-and-burn agriculture?
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Olmec, of course!
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Who refined the Olmec calendar?
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Maya
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Name 3 Mayan settlements
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Tikal
Palenque Copan |
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What is a quetzal?
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A bird (royal)
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Who were the Toltec?
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A group that took over central Mexico
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What was a Toltec city-state?
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Tula
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What did the Aztecs call themselves?
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Mexica
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What was the Aztec capital?
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Tenochtitlan
(mexico city) |
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What did the Aztec's view as a sacred duty?
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warfare
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Who was the Aztec's sung god?
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Huitzilopochtli
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What was the most powerful culture?
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The Inca
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Where was the Incan capital?
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Cuzco
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Which was the largest empire?
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The Incan Empire
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What didn't the Incas do that the Aztecs did?
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Force their newly conquered subjects to pay tribute
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Who was teh first major Inca ruler?
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Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui
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Which culture settled in teh barren hills and deserts of the Southwest?
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The Anasazi
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What was a kiva?
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A round room that served as a sacred/ceremonial space
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Who were the Anasazi probably related to?
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the Pueblo Indians
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Which cultures of the Eastern Woodlands combined hunting and gathering with farming to support relatively large populations?
What are these called? |
Adena and Hopewell
They are called Mound Builders |
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Where was the largest Mississippian settlement located at?
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Cahokia
St.Louis |