Anasazi Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3corn - correct answers The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) horses - correct answers It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4) disease - correct answers When Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measles to which the natives had no resistance. Millions of American Indians died from these diseases. (p. 8) encomienda system - correct ...

Fall of Constantinople meant correct answers Loss of the silk road+spices, silks, and gems from East The loss of the silk road drove correct answers European monarchies to expand their borders How do Archeologists believe people came to the Americas? (2) By 1492, how many natives lived there? correct answers -boat from Asia -Crossed Bering Land bridge from Siberia to Alaska -58-113 million Maya -Rule from -Built city of -Extended empire to ___ states -Developed advanced systems of...

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Examples of sustainable prehistoric civilization(s) include..... - Inca and Zuni Hopi and Zuni maize is...... - Open-pollenated and drought-tolerant The Zuni use small rock dams to slow and diffuse the water onto their agricultural fields. These rock dams work well when...... - Rainfall is more intense The Inca abandoned terraces because..... - The terraces were above the irrigation canal and were no longer needed due to the population crash The Incan terrace soils had high levels of...

Paleo Indians - the first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America sometime between 38,000 and 10,000 BC Berginia - Land bridge from last ice age Agriculture revolution - 10,000 years ago climate got warmer so everyone started farming Native Americans - Decendants to paleo indians. Over 650 groups Mesoamerica - Olmecs mayas toltecs and aztecs Olmecs - First great Toltecs - Traders Mayas - Farners + raiders Aztecs - 5 million popukation. Conquered by spanish empire North Am...

approximately how many natives resided in America by 1492? correct answers 58 - 113 Million people Which of the following cultures flourished during the pre-Columbian era in the lands of the present day United States? correct answers Anasazi and Mississippi River Valley Cultures What did the Treaty of Tordesillas determine in 1494? correct answers It divided newly discovered lands between the Portuguese and Spanish and was arbitrated by the Pope Prince Henry the Navigator set up navigat...

Introduction to New Mexico History Questions and Answers Rated A+ Anasazi culture included _____________. Basketmaker and Pueblo peoples During the __________ period, the Pueblo sites were abandoned building style evolved Rio Grande Classic Which of the following is true of New Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century? It's politics focused on the bid for statehood Trade between Mexico and New Mexico stablished during the Spanish Period was ______________. Open only to Spanis...

NM History New Mexico Latest Version Graded A+ absolute location The exact position of a place on the earth's surface. relative location The position of a place in relation to another place Anasazi A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings. They were mainly basketmakers and pueblo people. Manifest Destiny the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the ...

American Yawp chapters 1-3 Exam Questions And Answers i lived in modern day Mexico and Central america. relied heavily on maize - ANS mesoamericans First society people located in central North America - ANS mississippians Mississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as 25,000 Native Americans - ANS cahokia a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States - ANS pueblo Important ancient Anasazi Indian center in New Mexico...