United States History Student Edition

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IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN 1. Identify each of the following terms and explain its significance for the lives of Native Americans before the 1500s. A. nomadic E. agriculture B. migration F. adobe C. Beringia G. ice age D. three sisters H. burial mound REVIEWING KEY FACTS 2. Identifying Where and when did the Hohokam and Ancient Puebloans live? 3. Analyzing What was the Iroquois League? What was its purpose? 4. Summarizing Describe the Mound Builder societies. 5. Identifying Name four of the Native American cultural regions within North America and, for each, list three Native American groups who lived there in 1492. 6. Explaining What caused Beringia to appear and disappear? 7. Identifying What advantages did cliff dwellings offer to the Native Americans who built them? 8. Summarizing How did the native peoples of the Far North make use of large sea mammals? 9. Identifying Cause and Effect Why do scientists believe that early peoples migrated to the Americas? 10. Comparing Compare how the Aztec and Inca expanded their empires. 11. Making Connections Why do scientists believe the Mound Builders were influenced by Mesoamerican civilizations?

CRITICAL THINKING 12. Inferring How does the discovery of seashells in Hohokam archaeological sites indicate that the Hohokam people were involved in trade? 13. Synthesizing Why do scientists disagree about the origins of the first Americans? 14. Making Connections How is the development of agriculture related to cultural development among the Native Americans? 15. Interpreting List reasons the Maya were considered an advanced culture. 16. Speculating In North America, and around the world, one of the earliest crafts to develop after people began farming and became more settled was pottery. Why do you think that is so? 17. Hypothesizing Why do you think the founders of the Iroquois League depended on the clan mothers to choose the male members of the Grand Council? 18. Making Connections Why did the Inca build terraces? 19. Explaining How did the Aztec alter their environment to create their capital, Tenochtitlán? 20. Identifying Cause and Effect The people of the Great Basin region established villages where they lived through the winter. Why were they nomadic for the rest of the year?

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