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# Study Guide ## Lesson 1 **Key Terms:** Migration, Ice Age, Paleo-Indians, land bridge. **Process of migration during the Ice Age and how land bridges happened (theories):** Early inhabitants migrated across a land bridge formed during the Ice Age. Theories focus on climate change and the for...

# Study Guide ## Lesson 1 **Key Terms:** Migration, Ice Age, Paleo-Indians, land bridge. **Process of migration during the Ice Age and how land bridges happened (theories):** Early inhabitants migrated across a land bridge formed during the Ice Age. Theories focus on climate change and the forming of land bridges as primary causes. **Earliest Cultures arrive in Mesoamerica:** Around 1200 BC, the earliest cultures arrived in Mesoamerica. **Ad 200 to Ad 1325 Mesoamerican Civilization:** Mesoamerican civilizations flourished between AD 200 and AD 1325, marked by significant developments like stone temples and large cities, especially in central Mexico. **AD 1325 Central Mexican Civilization:** A significant civilization emerged in central Mexico around AD 1325. **Four ways civilizations built rich empires:** These empires thrived through trade, control, protection, and methods of communication. **Aztec language:** (The text only mentions "name of Aztec language", without stating the language.) ## Lesson 2 **Four states forming the corners of a region:** (The text lists four states, but their names are not mentioned.) **Anasazi Civilizations:** Characteristics Include Pueblos and kivas. **Three Sisters Crops:** Three important crops, possibly corn, beans, and squash. **Which of the three sisters crops are most important?** Disambiguation needed regarding which of the three sisters crops are most important. **Abandoning Villages:** Factors (not specific) leading to the abandonment of villages. **Central American groups:** Building of mounds and temples. **Significant features of the Northwest cultures:** (The text mentions characteristics but doesn't detail them.) **Sacred tree of North West people** (The text only mentions a sacred tree but its characteristics are not stated.) **Features of the Great Plains Cultures:** (The features are summarized but not explicitly listed.) **Native American ancestry:** (The text mentions tracing ancestry, but it does not provide further details.) **What is the culture called?** (The name of the culture is unknown.) **Note:** The handwriting is somewhat difficult to read in places. I have tried my best to interpret the document accurately, but some ambiguity may remain.