1. Early American People Review Slides

2. Guidelines
Be prepared to match the location, accomplishments, and reason for disappearance to each major Native American civilization.
Be prepared to explain the vocab terms found in the study guide.
Be prepared to explain the review topics we will review today.

3. 17. Bering Land Bridge
Land bridge that connected Asia and North America. Allowed humans to cross into the Americas.

4. 18. Polytheism
Belief in multiple gods.

5. 19. Beast of Burden An animal that will do human work for them.
Examples: Horses, donkeys, camels, oxen, and llamas.

6. 20. What are the theories on why the Mayans disappeared?
Know it is a mystery.
Recognize these as possible theories:
The Disaster Theory
The Warfare Theory
The Famine Theory
Civil Strife Theory
Environmental Change Theory

7. 21. Why is cleanliness so important to large groups?
Lessens the chances of disease and death.

8. 22. Why are beasts of burden so helpful to society?
Multiplies the work one person can do.

9. 23. What did the Spanish want in the Americas?
God, Gold, and Glory
(conversions to the Catholic faith, resources, and making a name for themselves)

10. 24. What did the Spanish do to the Aztecs and the Incas?
Kidnap and killed their leaders. Destroyed their civilizations through warfare with the help of disease.

11. 25. Why did Cahokia disappear?
The Little Ice Age brought down temperatures. This destroyed the crops of the agricultural villages who fed Cahokia through their trade.

12. 26. (rewrite on study guide)What was the purpose of the mourning wars
26. (rewrite on study guide)What was the purpose of the mourning wars? Why was the Iroquois Confederacy made in response to this?
To restore balance in their tribes by those killed in their village by rival clans.
The confederacy prevented internal wars and directed these wars outward. This agreement made the confederacy strong and stable.