Chapter 1 The First Americans

3. Group that flourished between 1200BC and 800BC along the Gulf coast of Mexico
4. A variety of corn
5. The movement of a large number of people into a new area
7. The Study of ancient people
12. A form of writing that uses symbols or pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds
13. A people's shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors
14. A person who moves from place to place
15. To supply water to crops by artificial means
16. Capital city of the Inca
17. A scientific method of determining the age of artifacts
18. Tools, weapons, or other objects left behind by early peoples

1. A narrow passage of water between two large bodies of water
2. Government linking different groups
6. The name of the federation of Native Americans that included the Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, and Cayuga tribes.
8. A broad platform of flat land cut into steep slopes
9. A group of people who have a common ancestor
10. Tenochtitian was the capital of this empire
11. A society ruled by religious leaders
12. Group that built hundreds of miles of irrigation channels to water their crops in the dry, hot desert.
16. A highly developed society