| A | B |
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| What is the study of ancient peoples who have no written history* | *Archeology |
| What are the objects left behind by early peoples, they help archeologists to put together a “history” of the people* | * Artifacts |
| What period of cold temperatures covered large areas of the earth with ice sheets* | *Ice Age |
| A group of people who moved from place to place following “resources” dumb deer* | Nomads |
| The movement of large numbers of people or animals to a new homeland* | Migration |
| What is the name for the early form of corn which was farmed in Central America which resulted in settled civilizations* | Maize |
| What is the method of dating artifacts with the help of the radioactive carbon which breaks down over time* | *Carbon Dating |
| What is a way of life which a particular group of people exhibit? Includes customs beliefs and ways of protection* | *Culture |
| A highly developed society which has a strong culture and larger cities* | Civilization |
| What is a type of society which is ruled by religious leaders or God/god* | Theocracy |
| What writing system uses symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds* | Hieroglyphics |
| What are the open platforms that the Inca built to hold dirt on steep mountain sides and allowed them to farm* | Terraces |
| What is a village of great stone or adobe houses in the southwest* | Pueblo |
| What are long periods without adequate rainfall* | Droughts |
| Which building material was made of clay and straw, and dried in the sun to make bricks* | Adobe |
| What is a government called when it links different groups together (ie. Iroquois)?* | Federation |
| What Native Americans lived in present day Arizona deserts and brought water through irrigation channels for farming* | Hohokam |
| Which of these was not one of the groups of Mound Building tribes of Native Americans* | Cahokia Hopewell Adena |
| What is the name of the groups of Native Americans who lived in the Arctic regions living off of seals and in igloos* | Inuit |
| Where did the Tlingit, Haida, and Chinook live which allowed them to fish for salmon with spears and traps* | Northwest |
| What did the Great Plains tribes use to hunt buffalo after the Spanish arrived* | Horses |
| Which part of North America did the Cherokee and Iroquois live and form federations* | East |
| Which god was the Inca king a descendent of in ancient times* | Sun |
| Which advanced civilization farmed terraces to raise maize, squash, cotton, and potatoes* | Inca |
| Who ruled the Mayan civilization* | gods religious leaders |
| What types of buildings had temples and altars on top of them* | Pyramids |
| Which advanced civilization had the largest city of Tikal with six pyramids built around it* | Mayan |
| What is the earliest civilization that existed in Central America along the Gulf Coast and they influenced upcoming cultures* | Olmec |
| What type of lifestyle is followed by the plains Indians* | Nomadic |
| What is the name of the game that “replaced” warfare in the Southeast tribes* | Lacrosse |
| What did the tribes of the Northwest practice to supply the majority of the protein/meat* | Fishing |
| What did the tribes of the Northeast form in order to facilitate peace, trade, and political stability* | *Iroquois Federation |
