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What is the land bridge that spans from Asia to Alaska called

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Beringia

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What is a quipu

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A system of counting with rope knots

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What is made up of five Native American groups

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The confederation called the Iroquois

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What group lived in the forest of Patun

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The Maya

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Where is Mesoamerica

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South of Mexico above South America

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Who defeated the Inca

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Francisco Pizarro

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Who defeated the Aztecs

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Hernando Cortes

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Where did the Inuit live

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Up north. Canada

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What did emperor Pachacuti accomplish

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Creating an empire

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Why did the Maya want captives from war

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For human sacrifice

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Why did the Iroquios form

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To stop fighting among groups

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Who was the woman you help Cortes defeat the Aztec

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Malintzin

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How did woman and men’s lives differ in Aztec society

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Woman we’re praised for childbirths and helped out at the home. Men were soldiers, fighting wars, and did other warlike things

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How did the Spanish conquered the Aztecs

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The Aztecs were weakened by disease, the Spanish had more superior weapons than the Aztecs, and that Aztecs had a lack of action at the right time

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What effects came after the end of the ice age

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Animals became extinct, new opportunities, land bridge disappeared

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What is a glacier

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A huge sheet of ice

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To expose is to

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To reveal or to make visible

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To estimate is to

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To calculate approximately

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Why is there no longer a land bridge between Asia and America

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Ice melted and the water covered it

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What are the Olmecs accomplishments

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Built a trade empire, made knives and jewelry, also made giant heads

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What are the Maya’s accomplishments

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Canoe travel, and traded

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What are the Toltecs accomplishments

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Built Tula, conquered lands, and trade

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What are the Moche’s accomplishments

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Irritated, built pyramids, traded

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What are the Incas accomplishments

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Built the largest empire

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A monopoly is

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Sole right

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Complex means

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Intricated or involved

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Resource is

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An available supply

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How did the Toltec keep other people from challenging them

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They had a monopoly on obsidian

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Number the following: Hopewell, Edina,hohokam, Mississippians Anasazi

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Hohokam, Anasazi, the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippians

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A channel is to

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Direct it to a specific course

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To abandon is to

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To Leave

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How was turquoise used by the Anasazi of Chaco Canyon

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It was used as money

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Who were the first people in the Americas and how did they get there

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Asians who followed animals across the land bridge

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What was life like for people in the first American civilizations

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Hunters, traders, farmers, gathers, craftsman, built pyramids and mounds, created empires, and all knew about irrigation

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What was Mayan government like

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They had city states, rulers with leadership, and it was organized

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What was mayan religion like

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Human sacrifices to please the gods, gods controlled of everything, priests who ruled the class system, Pyramids and temples, and it was the core of mayan life

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That was Mayan discoveries like

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They made a 365 day calendar, number system based on 20, astronomers, and a written language

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To require is to

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To need or demand

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To predict is to

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Knowing or guessing the future

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What was the main advantage of living in a tropical rain forest

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They had a lot of water

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What did the Aztec expect of their kings

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To be a great warrior

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Who is worthy of an afterlife and why

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Soldiers who died in battle, Those who died in sacrifice, and woman who died in childbirth. They saw death honorable

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What were boys taught

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They were taught to be warriors

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How could commoners moving to noble classes

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Being brave

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What did Pachacuti create

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System of roads, encourage loyalty, common language

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Is a quipu

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A rope with knotted cords of different lengths and colors used for keeping records and doing mathematical calculations

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To create is to

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Make

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To ensure is to

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Guarantee or make certain of

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How did Pachacuti make sure local leaders would be loyal to him

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He took their sons to Cuzco for training

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What is the climate,food sources, and homes in the far north

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Cold, seals ,walrus, and land animals and igloos

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What is the climate, food sources, homes of the West Coast

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Mild, fish,otters, gathered,seals,whales,big wooden houses

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What is the climate, food sources, homes of the Southwest

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Hot and dry, hunted or farmed, apartment like houses made of Adobe

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An igloo is

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Dome shaped home made from blocks of ice and snow

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What is adobe

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Sun-dried mudbrick

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A confederation is

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Governments that link several groups

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To Adjust is to

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To adapt

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Widespread means

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Scattered over a large area

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How did geography shape the lives of the people north of present-day Mexico

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It affected food choices, homes, and everyday life

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What was life like in the Mayan, Incan, and Aztec cultures

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Human sacrifices, war like people, science and math developments, organized governments, all built large structures

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What is a conquistador

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A soldier explorer

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Why were the inca so easily defeated by Pizarro

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They didn’t have weapons, trusted the Spanish, and smallpox

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What does treason mean

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Betraying what you are loyal to

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How did Pizarro failed to keep his promise to Atahualpa

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He had to give him gold and then had him accused for crimes

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How did Spain conquer Mexico

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Cortes conquered the Aztecs

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What brought an end to the inca empire

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Pizarro killed the incans

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