Vocabulary Assessment - Match Terms with Definitions

distributed as a show of wealth

the surroundings or conditions in which a person or a group of people live and operate

complex human society characterized by the development of cities, social hierarchies, economic systems, and a centralized government

Did early Americans domesticate plants and animals to support their lifestyle and needs?

The indigenous people of the Americas can be considered a homogenous group who did not have a variety of customs, practices, and ways of living and surviving.

The Aztec civilization was the only civilization to exist in Mesoamerica prior to European contact.

Tribes in the Northwest Region of the Americas were concerned with how much wealth they could accumulate and keep.

The physical environment of the Eastern Woodlands region of North America encouraged the development of permanent settlements and subsistence farming practices.

A lateen sail, first introduced to European sailors from Egypt, was a triangular sail that allowed ships to sail towards the wind.