1. Early Civilizations in the Americas Map Assignment Get a textbook and open to page 155

2. Locate and label the following on your map: Mississippi River Appalachian Mountains Amazon River Andes Mountains Rocky Mountains

3. Label the area where each of the following North American Indian groups settled: California/Great Basin/Plateau Eastern Woodlands Great Plains Southwest Northwest Coast

4. Use different colors or patterns to shade in the following civilizations: Aztec Maya Inca (create a key in the blank box)

5. Use pg 170 and your map to answer the following questions in complete sentences: Which peoples lived in the far north of North America? Where did the Pueblo civilization develop? Which peoples lived in the Eastern Woodlands? Which Indian Empire covered the largest territory?

6. Draw a Conclusion How did the geographic location of early empires in the Americas differ from that of early empires in Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia?