§upa - Jeopardy Terms - 14 - The Americas
A list of Jeopardy terms relating to the Americas
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- Asia
- The first inhabitants of the Americas migrated from this continent.
- Maize
- Most important food crop of Mesoamerica
- Spanish Explorers
- People who destroyed the Aztec and Inca empires
- Mexico
- Present-day nation where the Mayan and Aztec states were centered
- Toltec
- Warlike people of central Mexico who ruled an empire based on conquest (900 - early 1200s)
- Mound Builders
- Midwestern and southern American Indians who practiced a unique building style
- Aztecs
- Wandering warriors who settled in central Mexico
- Inti (Sun God)
- Deity from whom the Inca ruler descended
- Tula
- Toltec capital city
- Human Sacrifice
- Important and deadly aspect of the Aztec religion
- Mexican Valley
- Mountain basin 7,000 feet above sea level, in central Mexico
- Carved Stone Pillars
- Structures that recorded important events in Mayan history
- Pay Tribute
- What conquered peoples were required to do for the Aztecs
- Ice Age
- Era when people first migrated to the Americas over a temporary land bridge
- Amazon (River)
- South American river with a huge rain-forested basin
- Teepees
- Cone-shaped tents of the Plains Indians
- Cuzco
- Capital city of the Incas
- Quetzalcoatl
- The Feathered Serpent, a snake-bird god common to various Mesoamerican cultures
- Written Language
- Type of communication unknown to the Incas
- Fighting
- Besides hunting, a major pastime of the Plains Indians
- Isthmus of Panama
- Narrow land bridge that connects Central and South America
- Kiva
- Large underground chamber used by southwestern peoples for religious ceremonies
- Gulf of Mexico
- Body of water whose shoreline formed a boundary of Olmec lands
- Pueblos
- American Indians of the southwestern U.S., whose name was based on their adobe homes
- Stepped Pyramids
- Type of temples built by Mayans
- Tenochtitlan
- Aztec capital city in Lake Texcoco
- Concept of Zero
- Advanced feature of Mayan mathematics
- Cliff Dwellings
- Type of Anasazi canyon housing found at southwestern sites such as Mesa Verde
- Sculpted Heads
- Unique and colossal Olmec monuments
- Pachacuti
- Incan ruler who created the empire in the 1400s
- Agriculture
- Basis of the Mayan economy
- Macchu Picchu
- Now-ruined Incan city, isolated atop a high mountain
- Huitzilopochtli
- Chief Aztec deity, the sun god
- Moche
- Culture that flourished on Peru's north coast from about 100 to 700
- Zapotec
- Civilization that flourished in southern Mexico's Oaxaca Valley (c. 500 B.C.E. to C.E. 600)
- Road System
- Transportation network of 14,000 miles built by the Incas
- Central America
- Geographic area that lies between North America and South America
- Inca (People)
- People of the Andes Mountains who created an empire
- Yucatan (Peninsula)
- Mexican peninsula, home to the Mayan civilization
- Nazca
- People of Peru who created huge drawings that can only be seen from the air
- Tikal
- Largest Mayan city, located in present-day Guatemala
- Bering Strait
- Human migrants came to the Americas when a land bridge replaced part of this body of water
- Sierra Madre
- Great mountain range of Mexico
- Andes (Mountains)
- South American mountains that were home to the Incas
- Hunting
- Basis of the Plains Indian economy
- Buffalo
- Animal that was the basis of Plains Indians' existence
- San Lorenzo, La Venta ( later Tres Zapotes )
- Site of important Olmec remains
- Monte Verde
- Site in Chile with evidence of human life in 10,500 B.C.E.
- Totem Poles
- Great wooden carvings that symbolized tribal history for northwestern American Indians
- Teotihuacan
- City-state - First major civilization of central Mexico, centered around a monumental city
- Hieroglyphics
- Writing system developed by the Zapotec people
- Chichen Itza
- Renowned Mayan city, huge buildings, on the Yucatan Peninsula (many tourists today)
- Quipu
- Knotted, colored strings used by Incans to keep records
- Pyramid of the Sun
- Teotihuacan's giant structure, larger than Egypt's Great Pyramid
- Burial Places
- Purpose of the mounds constructed by certain American Indians
- Olmec
- People who developed Mesoamerica's first known civilization
- Potlatch
- Elaborate feasting and gift-giving ceremony of northwestern tribes
- Fishing
- Basis of northwestern American Indian economy
- Cahokia
- Great center of the Mississippian people in Illinois, featuring at least 60 mounds
- Pacific Ocean
- Ocean that forms the western border of North and South America
- Anasazi
- People of the southwest who built large stone and adobe villages later called pueblos
- Hiawatha, Deganawidah
- The two legendary founders of the Iroquois alliance
- Chavin Culture
- First civilization of the Andes Mountains
- Beringia
- Name for the temporary land bridge that formed between Siberia and Alaska
- Maya
- People of the Yucatan, southern Mexico, and northern Central America
- Hohokams
- "Vanished" farmers of the desert southwest who lived in today's Arizona
- Inuit
- Late migrants from Siberia who settled in the Arctic
- Civil War
- Cause of the Incan empire's decline
- Farming
- Basis of the Pueblo economy
- Monte Alban
- The first large urban center in the Americas, developed by the Zapotec
- Mississippi (River)
- Great river of North America, one of the world's three longest
- Rocky Mountains
- Great mountain range of western North America
- Harsh Desert
- Typical terrain of Peru's coastal plain
- Floating Gardens
- Chinampas, used by early farmers to grow crops in shallow lakes
- Calendar
- Time-tracking device developed by several early Mesoamerican cultures
- Peru, Chile
- The two present-day nations where the Inca state existed
- Sun Worship
- Basis of Incan religion
- Iroquois League
- Organization formed by five eastern American Indian tribes
- Tierra del Fuego
- The southern tip of South America