History - Americas Test

this has everything on the Kahoot and more

Beringia

land bridge between Asia and North America the people walked across during the ice age

Chinampas

floating Aztec farms on a marshy lake that were very productive

Olmecs

civilization that carved large stone heads

San Lorenzo and La Venta

ruins of the Olmecs with stone monuments

jaguars

sacred animals that were worshipped

Zapotec

civilization in the Oaxaca valley

Monte Alban

Zapotec city built on a mountain that needed to have water dragged up

rainshadow

desert created by mountains blocking rain

Chavin

civilization that went into the mountains and were good stone-masons and gold-smiths

Chavin de Hauntar

main city of the Chavin people

Nazca

civilization that made spiral hole irrigation, colorful textiles and pottery, and drawing lines

Nazca Lines

lines drawn into the ground that could only be seen from the sky

Moche

civilization that created roads with irrigation, and well preserved burials

Cenotes

water sinkholes that were connected by tunnels

Shiballa

Mayan underworld that could be reached by jumping into a cenote

Resplendant Quetzal

rare bird whose feathers were wore by Mayan kings

Tikal

largest Mayan city with tall pyramids to see invaders

Codex

books that Mayans wrote in

glyphs

writing system used by the Mayans

Popul Vuh

Mayan story of creation

Pok-a-Tok

Mayan ball game where losers would get decapitated

Potlatch

ceremonial feast where families would display wealth in Pacific NW

Hohokan

people in US southwest that made irrigation in desert and wrote in petroglyphs

petroglyphs

rock carvings to make symbols

Anasazi

people that built pueblos

pueblos

houses built into cliffs from stone and clay

Mesa Verde and Pueblo Bonito

ruins of pueblos made by the Anasazi

Kivas

underground chambers used by religous practices

Hopewell

people that built the Great Ohio Serpent Mound

Mississippians

mound-builders that made Cahokia

Cahokia

city with large Monk’s mound and Woodhedge in Illinois

Iroquios confederacy

5 woodland tribes that united to defend each other against enemies

lacrosse

sport created by the Iroquios

Inuit

people that lived in the Arctic that wore seal fur, lived in igloos, and rode sled dogs

igloos

temporary snow houses used by the Inuit