Topic 1.2 Native American Societies Before European Contact

Question 1

Nomadic Hunters from East Asia crossed to the Americas by

Answer 1

The Bering Strait Land Bridge

Question 2

Who created the largest empire in the Americas?

Answer 2

The Incas

Question 3

Animism

Answer 3

A belief that Incans practiced which means that components of the physical world could possess supernatural abilities

Question 4

The Mexica or Aztecs developed in

Answer 4

South and Central Mexico

Question 5

Largest City In Central Mexico

Answer 5

Tenochtitlan

Question 6

What was an important part of the Aztec’s economy ?

Answer 6

Agriculture (beans, squash, and mostly maize)

Question 7

What did the Mexica Religion believe in?

Answer 7

That gods could be satisfied only by being fed the beating hearts of humans

Question 8

Cahokia

Answer 8

Largest city of the Mississippians

Question 9

What was the Mississippians main economy ?

Answer 9

Agricultural economy centered around Maize

Question 10

Matrilineal Society

Answer 10

When Social Status was indicated by a woman’s side of the family

Question 11

What was the Iroquois economy ?

Answer 11

Agriculture, fishing, hunting, and gathering

Question 12

The Five Nation Confederacy

Answer 12

Governing of the surrounding tribes

Question 13

What was the Great Plains Native Americans’ economy ?

Answer 13

Hunting and Gathering (BUFFALO)