The native American civilizations Flashcards
Who were the mound builders?
Hopewell culture and Mississippi’s built Mounds for burial and religious purposes
Who were the Mississippians?
Native American culture that thrive through 1000 ad through 1350 ad they also built cahokia
Cahokia
Mound builder city that was built by the missippians and is now a world heritage site
Who were the haudenousaunee?
Iroquois Confederacy Alliance of five later six Native American tribes
Influence of the haudenousaunee confederacy on the constitution
Concept of a federal system with the central government and individual state governments as well as the idea of separation of power
Who were the hohokam?
Native American civilization that lived in the Phoenix Valley
How did the hohokam get water?
They came up with irrigation network of canals to bring water from the Salt River and Rio Salado to their Farms
Who were the ancestral puebloans?
Also known as the anasazi were an ancient Native American culture that inhabited the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States
What did the ancestral puebloan build
Cliff dwellings and the Montezuma castle
BONUS what was the 6th haudenousaunee tribe
Tuscarora
