Native American Societies Before 1492

Vocabulary flashcards about Native American societies before European contact.

Aztecs

Native American society in Central America with a population of 300,000, a written language, priests, and practiced human sacrifice.

Maya

Native American society located on the Yucatan Peninsula known for irrigation techniques and elaborate temples and palaces.

Incas

Native American society in South America (Peru) with a population of 6 million people, known for cultivation of fertile mountain valleys, potatoes, and irrigation.

Pueblo

Native American society in Southwest (Arizona & New Mexico), known as farmers who built masonry homes and had organized religious offices.

Nomadic Great Plains Tribes

Tribes like the Ute who were hunters and gatherers.

Chinook

Native American society in the Pacific Northwest who relied on the sea, lived in fishing villages, and hunted elk. Also included the Chumash.

Maize

Corn, spread North.