Mrs. Henson ~ 8th Grade

ALL Key Terms - Plus:
drought
Artifact
Archaeology
Igloo
Hieroglyphics
Hogan
Kiva
Tepee
aqueducts

~ A land bridge once joined Siberia, in Asia, to Alaska, in North America.
~ The Hopewells and the Mississippians were Mound Builder groups.
~ The Mississippians built a large city at Cahokia in present day Illinois.
~ The Hohokams and the Anasazis lived in the Southwest.
~ The Anasazi built dwellings on cliff walls to protect themselves from attack.
~ Anasazis were forced to abandon their villages because of a drought.
~ Vikings were seafaring people from Scandinavia.
~ Present-day Newfoundland is where Vinland was located.
~ Tainos were the first Native Americans that Columbus encountered.
~ Europeans introduced domestic animals such as chickens and horses to the Americas.

People ~ Location ~ Way of Life

1. Inuits ~ Arctic ~ Hunting. Fishing

2. Kwakiutl ~ Northwest Coast ~ Fishing

3. Ute, Shoshone ~ Great Basin ~ Hunting, gathering roots

4. Pueblo ~ Southwest ~ Farming

5. Apaches, Navajos ~ Southwest ~ Hunting

6. Blackfeet ~ Great Plains ~ Hunting, Farming

7. Natchez ~ Southeast ~ Hunting, Fishing, Farming

8. Iroquois ~ Eastern Woodlands ~ Hunting, Farming

Mayas:
1. Built cities in southern Mexico & Central America
2. Accurate 365-day calendar and number system
3. Abandoned their cities around the year 850

Incas:
1. Used runners to carry messages from place to place
2. Ruled more than 10 million people in coastal deserts, lowland jungles & high mountains
3. Developed many medicines & performed brain surgery successfully
4. Created more than 19,000 miles of roads

Aztecs:
1. Used human sacrifices to please their gods
2. Built their capital on an island in Lake Texcoco

There will be at least two BONUS questions that will come directly from pages 62 & 63.