Vocabulary | Vocabulary 2 | Migration to the Americas | Early American Cultures | The Rise of Empires |
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What is a theory
A possible explanation
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What is a drought
long periods without rain
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What is they walked across the land bridge
one theory of how early people migrated
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What is they used them for burial places for important chiefs
A reason the mound builders built mounds
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What is they conquered other peoples
How did the Aztecs extend their borders to reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans
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What is surplus
More than needed
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What are glaciers
thick sheets of ice
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What is the hunters followed the animals
one theory of why people migrated from Asia to the Americas
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What is they dug ditches
How did the Anasazi become successful farmers?
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What is a calendar
What developed because of the Mayas studying the stars
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What is slavery
The practice of holding people against their will
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What is migrate
movement of people
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What is they hunted
How did early Americans get food?
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What is artifacts
What told us that trade was important to mound builders
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What is they were able to specialize
What resulted from the Mayan food surplus
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What is an empire
a group of lands and peoples ruled by one leader
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What is a ceremony
activity done for a special purpose or event
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What is wherever food was available
where did the early people live during the Ice Age
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What is Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
What are the "four corners"
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What is farming
What area were the Maya extremely successful
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What is civilization
culture with organized system of government, religion and learning
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What is the Ice Age
long period of extreme cold
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What is they became hunter gathers
What happened to people when the larger animals died out
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What is cliff dwellers
What were the Anasazi also know as
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What is the Inuit
Who traveled from Asia to America 2500 years ago
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