| A | B |
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| nomads | People who moved from place to place hunting and gathering. (17) |
| archaeology | The study of ancient peoples. (17) |
| migration | A movement of a large group of people; such as early Native Americans moving through the Americas. (17) |
| maize | An early form of corn that became the first dependable crop in the Americas. (19) |
| carbon dating | A method used to determine the age of an artifact. (19) |
| culture | A way of life for a group of people, including their customs and beliefs. (19) |
| artifacts | Objects from early peoples, such as stone tools, weapons and carvings. (17) |
| woolly mammoth | Early Americans relied on huge elephant-like mammals like the mastadon and the _____________ for food. (17) |
| Beringia | The name for the land-bridge between North America and Asia exposed during the last Ice Age. (17) |
| Bering Strait | The narrow body of water that today seperates North America and Asia. (17) |
| Mexico | Today's name for the region where people first learned to grow maize, or corn. (19) |
| Ice Ages | Earth's periods of decreasing temperatures that lead to larger glaciers and lower sea-level. (17) |
| Alaska | The westernmost part of the Americas that was connected to Asia by Beringia. (17) |
| Maya | The civilization in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras & Belize from 300-900. (23-24) |
| Aztec | The civilization that built Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. (24-25) |
| Inca | The large civilization that peaked in the 1400's along the west coast of South America. (26) |
| Tenochtitlan | This amazing Aztec capital was the largest city in the Americas. (24-25) |
| hieroglyphics | Maya written language that used pictures to represent ideas. (24) |
| human sacrifice | Maya, Aztec & Inca believed this was necessary to please the Gods. (25) |
| theocracy | A society ruled by religious leaders. (23) |
| civilizations | Highly developed societies. (22) |
| terraces | The Inca cut these broad platforms into steep slopes to grow crops in the Andes Mountains. (26) |
| Tikal | This largest Mayan city was located in present-day Guatemala. (23) |
| Cuzco | This Inca capital city was founded around the year 1200. (26) |
| Machu Picchu | The famous lost city of the Inca located high in the Andes Mountains. (22, 26) |
| Pueblo Bonito | The greatest Anasazi pueblo located in New Mexico. (29) |
| Mesa Verde | Large Anasazi cliff dwelling, also known as "Cliff Palace", in Colorado. (29) |
| Mound Builders | Ancient Native American groups that built large mounds in the eastern half of North America. (30) |
| Anasazi | Early civilization that built pueblos & cliff dwellings in the Four Corners area from AD1 to AD1300. (29) |
| Cahokia | The largest settlement of the Moundbuilders was located in present-day Illinois. (30-31) |
| Peoples of the North | Arctic culture area where Native Americans hunted whales, seals and caribou for food. (31) |
| Peoples of the West | Culture area where groups in the Northwest, like the Tlingit and the Nez Perce, relied on the sea and forests. (32) |
| Peoples of the Southwest | Culture area where groups, like the Hopi, built homes out of adobe and raised corn as their basic food. (32) |
| Peoples of the Plains | Culture area where groups, like the Dakota, hunted buffalo herds. (32) |
| Peoples of the East and Southeast | Culture area where groups, like the Iroquois and Cherokee, formed complex governments. (33) |
| Hohokam | Early civilization that lived in the Arizona desert from 300BC to AD1300. (29) |
| Four Corners | The area where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico & Arizona meet. (29) |
| adobe | Sun-dried mud bricks used to build structures in the Southwest. (32) |
