Know:
- The area of the United States that lies mainly in a desert climate region.
- What the word "theory" means.
- The cause that made ancient peoples in the Americas to stop hunting large animals.
- The landform region that stretches between the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains.
- How to use longitude and latitude on a map.
- The main reason that some ancient peoples in the Americas began to live in larger, more settled villages.
- How to read a time line.
- What is considered to be the most important class in the Mayan Culture.
- Why the Ancient Puebloans most likely used materials other than wood to build their homes.
- The ancient American Indian group that developed a strong trade system in what is now southern Mexico.
Understand the meaning of these vocabulary words:
- artifacts
- civilizations
- environment
- nomads
- tradition
Be able to explain (think short answer - so I am looking for a sentence or more):
- How were the lives of the earliest peoples in the Americas affected by changes in climate?
- Why did cultures close to each other learn certain customs from each other rather than from ones far away?
- How did living in a region most likely affect the lives of American Indians living there?
- How did climate and geography of the Southwest cultural region most likely affect the American Indians living there?
- Why can the Ancient Puebloan, Mayan, Mound Builder, and Olmec cultures be described as advanced civilizations?