wh 15 Flashcards
Type of religion practiced by most “Indians” in the Americas
animism
Festive gathering where tribes bring gifts to exchange with each other
potlach
The Pueblo Indians are descendants of this tribe
anasazi
Underground chamber where Pueblo religious leaders conducted ceremonies
kivas
Southwestern tribe in Northern America who raided other tribes for food
apache
Made plowing soil difficult in the Great Plains region
sod
Formed a confederation of five North Eastern Indian tribes
Iroquois
Earliest “Indian” group in the Central American Region
olmec
Culture which peaked between 300 and 900 A.D. in the Yucatan peninsula
mayan
Southwestern tribe in Northern America who were hunter/gathers and sheep herders
navajo
There is new evidence of humans coming to the American continent how many years ago?
40,000
The process of a general group of people becoming various distinct groups of people.
Differentiation
Where was the entrance to the Mayan underworld?
caves
“Indians” in northern America especially worshiped the spirits of plants and animals used for what?
food
The Anasazi natives used what material to build their houses?
mud bricks
Great Plains natives followed herds of what kind of animal and used them as a food source?
bison
Name given to early Central American cultures.
mesoamerican
40-ton stone heads, carved by which “Indian” group, were discovered by farmers in the 1930’s?
olmec
What (who) was the Pok-a-Tok?
ceremonial game
The Teotihuacanos were known for their trade of what material?
obsidian
Mexica capital that was founded on an island on Lake Texcoco (present day Mexico City).
Tenochtitlan
Which group set up a complex system of roads and runners along its territory in the Andes Mountains?
incas
Which group made alliances with its close neighbors but conquered distant rivals which later caused those rivals to ally with the Spanish?
mexica
Which of the following developed a hieroglyphic writing system?
maya and the aztec
Which of the following civilization(s) used both a solar calendar and a ritual calendar?
both the maya and aztec
Which answer best describes the land that the Inca people used to farm?
Strips of flat land carved from steep hillsides
What was the largest native city in North America?
cahokia
Wooden club with several embedded obsidian blades used by the Mexica
Macuahuitl
The Indians known as the _______ Builders lived along the _______ and Mississippi River valleys.
mound, ohio
Tribal groups used special _______ in their art and technology in order to identify themselves.
patterns
It’s believed that ______ brought the downfall of the Mayan culture.
drought
_______ were floating farms made out of long rafts with dirt piled on them and used by the Mexicas.
chinampas
The ______ lines in modern Peru are believed to have been used during vision quests to communicate with the gods/spirits.
nazca
Spanish warriors called ______ overthrew the Mexica and Incan governments.
conquistadors
Mayan’s carved writing on stone, jade, bone, and shells, but their books were made out of ______< and only four have ever been found.
bark and plaster
The ______ did not have a written language and instead used rope with knotted cords of different length and color called, ______.
incas, quipo
Map question:
- Inca; Modern-day Peru
- Hispaniola; Islands
- Aztec; Southwest corner of Mexico
- Maya; Southeast corner of Mexico.
