
Early Peoples of Mesoamerica
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Social Studies
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7th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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4 Slides • 13 Questions
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Why did they cross into North America?
Where did they cross into North America?
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Open Ended
How did early humans come to North America? Include where they crossed over & why they crossed over.
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Multiple Select
What are some civilizations that flourished in Mesoamerica?
Teotihuacans
Navaho
Sioux
Maya
Mixtecs
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Multiple Select
What was the last Mesoamerican civilizations before the Spanish colonization?
Olmec
Toltecs
Aztecs
Maya
Mixtecs
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Fill in the Blanks
The FIRST complex civilization to form in Mesoamerica was the _.
Type answer...
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Multiple Choice
What is a codex?
a record of seasons
a record of population
a record of historical events
a record of farming
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There were different regions in Mesoamerica with their own cultures. In the northwest, there were places like Colima, Guerrero, and Jalisco. In the central plateau, there were the Aztec, Mixtec, Teotihuacán, and Toltec cultures. In Oaxaca, there were the Chichimec, Mezcala, Mixtec, and Zapotec cultures. On the Gulf Coast, there were the Huastec, Olmec, and Totonac cultures. And in the Maya area, there were the countries of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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Multiple Select
Mesoamerica includes countries like Mexico, _______, Guatemala, _______, Honduras, and _________.
Belize
Colombia
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Chile
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Multiple Choice
The most important food discovery for early Mesoamerican cultures was _.
maize
pumpkins
squash
quinoa
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Multiple Choice
The picture shows the area between North and South America?
Aztec
mother culture
Mesoamerica
slash and burn agriculture
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Multiple Choice
What was the main geographic feature that allowed cultures to trade?
mountains
rivers
oceans
rainforests
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Multiple Choice
What was the climate like in Mesoamerica?
very hot climate- almost like a desert
tropical climate with lots of vegetation
mild climate with no growth
very cold winters and very hot summers
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Fill in the Blanks
What are these called?
Type answer...
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Open Ended
What geographic feature helped make the soil good for farming in Mesoamerica? (HINT: they erupt)
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Multiple Choice
The mountain range in South America is known as _.
Sierra Nevada
Sierra Madre
The Andes
Rocky Mountains
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