The Unfinished Nation Chapter 1: The Collision of
Cultures Study Guide Questions with Verified A+
Solutions
What most earliest migrants used to cross from Asia to North America (Alaska) approximately 11,000
yrs. ago: - Answer Bering Strait
The land-based migrants to the Americas heritage and name: - Answer Mongolians of modern day
Siberia; The Clovis People
The Archaic Period refers to: - Answer the early history of humans in America starting in 8000 B.C.
The largest Native American empire in the Americas, stretching 2,000 miles was: - Answer The Incan
Empire along western South America in Peru
The most elaborate Indian civilizations of the Americas were in: - Answer South Am.,Central Am., and
Mexico
People of Mexico and Central America: - Answer Mesoamericans, 10,000 B.C.
Mayan civilizations were in what time frame: - Answer 800 A.D.
the tribe that superseded the Mayans: - Answer Aztecs or Mexica
Famous city of the Mexica built in 1300 A.D.: - Answer Tenochtitlan
Indian trading center near present day St. Louis with population of over 40,000 in 1200 A.D.: - Answer
Cahokia
Largest Native American language groups: - Answer Algonquian tribes, Iroquois Confederacy, and the
Muskogean tribes
Cultures Study Guide Questions with Verified A+
Solutions
What most earliest migrants used to cross from Asia to North America (Alaska) approximately 11,000
yrs. ago: - Answer Bering Strait
The land-based migrants to the Americas heritage and name: - Answer Mongolians of modern day
Siberia; The Clovis People
The Archaic Period refers to: - Answer the early history of humans in America starting in 8000 B.C.
The largest Native American empire in the Americas, stretching 2,000 miles was: - Answer The Incan
Empire along western South America in Peru
The most elaborate Indian civilizations of the Americas were in: - Answer South Am.,Central Am., and
Mexico
People of Mexico and Central America: - Answer Mesoamericans, 10,000 B.C.
Mayan civilizations were in what time frame: - Answer 800 A.D.
the tribe that superseded the Mayans: - Answer Aztecs or Mexica
Famous city of the Mexica built in 1300 A.D.: - Answer Tenochtitlan
Indian trading center near present day St. Louis with population of over 40,000 in 1200 A.D.: - Answer
Cahokia
Largest Native American language groups: - Answer Algonquian tribes, Iroquois Confederacy, and the
Muskogean tribes
