Social Studies Ch. 1Jeopardy Review

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True or False

The LandBridge

N. AmericaNatives

S. AmericaNatives

A long period of extreme cold on Earth is called a

___________.

Ice Agehome

A ____________ means "table" in

spanish

Mesahome

The payment a ruler demands

from his people is called a

____________.

TributeHome

More than is needed is called a

____________

Surplushome

A building shaped like a 3-D triangle is called a

______________

Pyramidhome

Along period without rain is

called a ___________

Droughthome

TRUE OR FALSE The Mayans developed a sophisticated calendar from

watching the stars and planets'

True.home

True or FalseThe Mound Builders

lived in houses made from packed

snow

FalseThe Inuit lived

in iglooshome

True or FalseThe Anasazi

developed the kayak

FalseThe Inuit

developed the kayak

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True or FalseThe Aztecs

had a sophisticated road system

FalseThe Incas had a sophisticated

road system that linked many places to the capital

cityhome

How did early people migrate from Asia to the

Americas

The walked across a land bridge

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What is one theory about why they

migrated from Asia to America

Hunting large animals like the wooly mamouth

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How did early Americans get food during the Ice Age?

They hunted large animals

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Where did most early people

live during the Ice Age?

Wherever they could find food?

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What happened to early people when

the Ice Age animals died out?

They became hunter gatherers and

farmershome

What ws the purpose of the mounds built

by the Mound Builders?

Burial places for important chiefs

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Which N. American tribe

were called the cliff

dwellers?

AnasaziHome

Which tribe stayed near the

Artic Ocean?

Inuithome

Which N. American tribe used irrigation to grow corn, squash and pumpkins?

Anasazihome

Which of the N. American tribes

were very organized workers and lived east of the Mississippi

River?

The Mound Buildershome

The Maya were extremely

successful at which of the following: farming, hunting,

fishing or psychology?

farminghome

What does it mean to have a surplus of food?

To have more than is needed

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Which S. American tribe studied the movement of the moon, stars and

planets?

The Mayanshome

How did the Aztecs get

more land for farming.

Floating Gardens - a series of rafts anchored to the lakebed. Vegetation and reeds were piled on top of a raft. Then, they piled on enough dirt to be able to

grow crops.

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How did the Aztecs expand their borders from coast to

coast?

They conquered

other people surrounding

them.