The First Americans U9L1

Question 1

Olmec

Answer 1

Mesoamerica.
People built the oldest culture in Mesoamerica. They set up farms and grew beans and produced salt.

Question 2

Teotihuacan

Answer 2

Central Mexico.
-Temples and palaces lined its Main Street which led to the pyramid of the Sun
- first planned city in Americas

Question 3

Toltec

Answer 3

Mesoamerica.
They conquered much of Mexico and northern Central America. They grew beans, maize and peppers.
-controlled trade tightly due to obsidian
-warriors

Question 4

Zapotec

Answer 4

South Central America
Capitol monte Alban believed it was a medical center, they developed a writing system called hieroglyphics

Question 5

Moche

Answer 5

South America
They built canals to bring water from rivers in the Andes foothills to grow food

Question 6

Chavin

Answer 6

South America
They built a large temple with stones. It is surrounded by gods

Question 7

Mesoamerica

Answer 7

Meso comes from the Greek word middle. The region includes lands stretching from Central Mexico to Costa Rica in Central America.

Question 8

How did the earliest people get from Asia to the Americas?

Answer 8

They arrived by boat. They passed Alaska and sailed along the pacific coast

Question 9

What crop became the most important food in the Americas?

Answer 9

Corn also known an Maize

Question 10

What was Mesoamerica first civilization?

Answer 10

Olmec

Question 11

Early americas

Answer 11

-Crossed land by bridge or boat
-began farming maize (corn)

Question 12

Olmec 1200 BC - 400 Bc

Answer 12

-1st civilization
-giant stone heads

Question 13

South America

Answer 13

-Moche (Peru)
-designed and built canals from Andes