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15 Cards in this Set
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The Bering Strait
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How the first Native Americans came to North America from Asia.
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How did we learn about the lifestyle of the first Americans?
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By archaeologists digging where the people once lived.
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Iroquois
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Lived in the Eastern Woodlands. Were hunters and farmers. Formed a league of tribes.
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What are the marks of a civilization?
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Cities, trade, government, writings, art, and science.
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Name three things that affect history?
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People, events, Geography
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What is history?
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It is our past.
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Name three ways we learn about the past?
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Orally,written,pictures and Archaeologists.
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Aztec
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Built a huge empire. Made human sacrifices. Tenochtitlan was their capital.
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Maya
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Lived in the Yucatan. Priests very important. Had a written language. Chichen Itza was an important city.
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What is a portable house made of buffalo hides, used by the Plains Indians?
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tepee
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What is the order in which events occur?
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chronological
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What is an object used to study cultures?
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artifact
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Inca
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Lived in mountains of South America. Great builders. Cuzco was their capital.
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Who is a person who studies plants and animal remains, ruins of buildings, and other objects?
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archaeologist
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What is the abbreviation that means "in the year of our Lord" and is used in dates after the birth of Christ?
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A.D.
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