Social Studies Ch. 1 Jeopardy Review
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A long period of extreme cold on Earth is called a ___________.
Ice Age home home
A ____________ means "table" in spanish
Mesa home home
The payment a ruler demands from his people is called a ____________.
Tribute Home Home
More than is needed is called a ____________
Surplus home home
A building shaped like a 3-D triangle is called a ______________
Pyramid home home
Along period without rain is called a ___________
Drought home home
TRUE OR FALSE The Mayans developed a sophisticated calendar from watching the stars and planets'
True. home home
True or False The Mound Builders lived in houses made from packed snow
False The Inuit lived in igloos home home
True or False The Anasazi developed the kayak
False The Inuit developed the kayak home home
True or False The Aztecs had a sophisticated road system
False The Incas had a sophisticated road system that linked many places to the capital city home home
How did early people migrate from Asia to the Americas
The walked across a land bridge Home Home
What is one theory about why they migrated from Asia to America
Hunting large animals like the wooly mamouth home home
How did early Americans get food during the Ice Age?
They hunted large animals home home
Where did most early people live during the Ice Age?
Wherever they could find food? home home
What happened to early people when the Ice Age animals died out?
They became hunter gatherers and farmers home home
What ws the purpose of the mounds built by the Mound Builders?
Burial places for important chiefs home home
Which N. American tribe were called the cliff dwellers?
Anasazi Home Home
Which tribe stayed near the Artic Ocean?
Inuit home home
Which N. American tribe used irrigation to grow corn, squash and pumpkins?
Anasazi home home
Which of the N. American tribes were very organized workers and lived east of the Mississippi River?
The Mound Builders home home
The Maya were extremely successful at which of the following: farming, hunting, fishing or psychology?
farming home home
What does it mean to have a surplus of food?
To have more than is needed home home
Which S. American tribe studied the movement of the moon, stars and planets?
The Mayans home home
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. home home
How did the Aztecs expand their borders from coast to coast?
They conquered other people surrounding them.