t_ Take-Home Review Activity 1

THE FIRST AMERICANSSmall groups of people migrated from Asia to North, Central, and South Americathousands of years ago. These early Americans have had an impact on our culturetoday. All of these societies contributed to our present-day understanding of subjectssuch as science, astronomy, math, and communication.

Reviewing Chapter 1

The First Americans, Prehistory to 1492• Called Native Americans• Crossed a land bridge that connected Siberia in Asia to present-day Alaska and spread

throughout North, Central, and South America• Adapted to their surroundings by hunting and gathering for food, fishing, using resources

of the land and sea, and building shelters

The Powerful Native American Empires of South and Central America• Maya-built cities with ceremonial pyramids and created a calendar• Aztec-built the largest city in the Americas, Tenochtitlan, and established a military

empire• Inca-cut terraces into steep mountain slopes so that crops could be planted

The Influential Early Native American Cultures of North America• Hohokam-developed irrigation system for farming• Anasazi-created pueblos and cliff dwellings in which to live• Adena, Hopewell, Cahokia-created buri.almounds in the shape

of birds, bears, and snakes• Inuit-built igloos to help them survive cold Arctic climate• Tlingit, Haida, Chinook-used resources of the forest and sea

to survive• Nez Perce, Yakima-fished for salmon and ate camas plants• Ute, Shoshone-traveled to find food and lived in temporary shelters• Hopi, Acoma, Zuni-lived in homes made of adobe• Apache, Navajo-hunted buffalo• Dakota-used horses for defense and to hunt• Iroquois, Cherokee-lived by formal law codes and formed federations• Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee-farmed the region of the Southeast

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Take-Home Review Activity 1

Unscramble the WordsDIRECTIONS: Below are many of the words you learned in Chapter I, but the letters areout of order. Use the definitions to help you write the words correctly.

1. vilcitiaoniz

2. inagritom

3. opblue

4. cstatiarf

5. thgoudr

6. modsan

7. acyeocrth

8. ulcuter

9. ierontfead

10. charloygoea

a highly developed society

movement of a large group of peoplefrom place to place

a stone dwelling

things that early people left behind ..: "". ',- . " -J.,. ",.,...". :.:.:.::& '1'i'~'t _--.~ '. >'" _<

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"along period of little rainfall

people who move from place to place

a society ruled by religious leaders

a way of life of a group of people

a form of government

the study of ancient peoples

11. reihoylgscihp pictures or symbols used to representwords, sounds, or concepts

12. nbacor dingta a method used to determinethe age of an artifact

13. geA eel

14. rctarees

15. bodea

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periods of extremely cold temperatureswhen part of the earth's surfacewas covered with large ice sheets

broad platforms cut into steep slopesused for planting crops

a sun-dried mud brick

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