A list of Jeopardy terms relating to the Americas
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| 11302172 | Amazon (River) | South American river with a huge rain-forested basin | 0 | |
| 11302173 | Asia | The first inhabitants of the Americas migrated from this continent. | 1 | |
| 11302174 | Ice Age | Era when people first migrated to the Americas over a temporary land bridge | 2 | |
| 11302175 | Pacific Ocean | Ocean that forms the western border of North and South America | 3 | |
| 11302176 | Mississippi (River) | Great river of North America, one of the world's three longest | 4 | |
| 11302177 | Central America | Geographic area that lies between North America and South America | 5 | |
| 11302178 | Mexico | Present-day nation where the Mayan and Aztec states were centered | 6 | |
| 11302179 | Yucatan (Peninsula) | Mexican peninsula, home to the Mayan civilization | 7 | |
| 11302180 | Rocky Mountains | Great mountain range of western North America | 8 | |
| 11302181 | Andes (Mountains) | South American mountains that were home to the Incas | 9 | |
| 11302182 | Bering Strait | Human migrants came to the Americas when a land bridge replaced part of this body of water | 10 | |
| 11302183 | Isthmus of Panama | Narrow land bridge that connects Central and South America | 11 | |
| 11302184 | Peru, Chile | The two present-day nations where the Inca state existed | 12 | |
| 11302185 | Tierra del Fuego | The southern tip of South America | 13 | |
| 11302186 | Mexican Valley | Mountain basin 7,000 feet above sea level, in central Mexico | 14 | |
| 11302187 | Beringia | Name for the temporary land bridge that formed between Siberia and Alaska | 15 | |
| 11302188 | Monte Verde | Site in Chile with evidence of human life in 10,500 B.C.E. | 16 | |
| 11302189 | Sierra Madre | Great mountain range of Mexico | 17 | |
| 11302190 | Maize | Most important food crop of Mesoamerica | 18 | |
| 11302191 | Floating Gardens | Chinampas, used by early farmers to grow crops in shallow lakes | 19 | |
| 11302192 | Sculpted Heads | Unique and colossal Olmec monuments | 20 | |
| 11302193 | Calendar | Time-tracking device developed by several early Mesoamerican cultures | 21 | |
| 11302194 | Gulf of Mexico | Body of water whose shoreline formed a boundary of Olmec lands | 22 | |
| 11302195 | Olmec | People who developed Mesoamerica's first known civilization | 23 | |
| 11302196 | Hieroglyphics | Writing system developed by the Zapotec people | 24 | |
| 11302197 | Harsh Desert | Typical terrain of Peru's coastal plain | 25 | |
| 11302198 | Pyramid of the Sun | Teotihuacan's giant structure, larger than Egypt's Great Pyramid | 26 | |
| 11302199 | Toltec | Warlike people of central Mexico who ruled an empire based on conquest (900 - early 1200s) | 27 | |
| 11302200 | Moche | Culture that flourished on Peru's north coast from about 100 to 700 | 28 | |
| 11302201 | Teotihuacan | City-state - First major civilization of central Mexico, centered around a monumental city | 29 | |
| 11302202 | Chavin Culture | First civilization of the Andes Mountains | 30 | |
| 11302203 | Nazca | People of Peru who created huge drawings that can only be seen from the air | 31 | |
| 11302204 | Zapotec | Civilization that flourished in southern Mexico's Oaxaca Valley (c. 500 B.C.E. to C.E. 600) | 32 | |
| 11302205 | Quetzalcoatl | The Feathered Serpent, a snake-bird god common to various Mesoamerican cultures | 33 | |
| 11302206 | San Lorenzo, La Venta ( later Tres Zapotes ) | Site of important Olmec remains | 34 | |
| 11302207 | Monte Alban | The first large urban center in the Americas, developed by the Zapotec | 35 | |
| 11302208 | Tula | Toltec capital city | 36 | |
| 11302209 | Teepees | Cone-shaped tents of the Plains Indians | 37 | |
| 11302210 | Fighting | Besides hunting, a major pastime of the Plains Indians | 38 | |
| 11302211 | Buffalo | Animal that was the basis of Plains Indians' existence | 39 | |
| 11302212 | Pueblos | American Indians of the southwestern U.S., whose name was based on their adobe homes | 40 | |
| 11302213 | Farming | Basis of the Pueblo economy | 41 | |
| 11302214 | Hunting | Basis of the Plains Indian economy | 42 | |
| 11302215 | Inuit | Late migrants from Siberia who settled in the Arctic | 43 | |
| 11302216 | Fishing | Basis of northwestern American Indian economy | 44 | |
| 11302217 | Totem Poles | Great wooden carvings that symbolized tribal history for northwestern American Indians | 45 | |
| 11302218 | Burial Places | Purpose of the mounds constructed by certain American Indians | 46 | |
| 11302219 | Cliff Dwellings | Type of Anasazi canyon housing found at southwestern sites such as Mesa Verde | 47 | |
| 11302220 | Iroquois League | Organization formed by five eastern American Indian tribes | 48 | |
| 11302221 | Potlatch | Elaborate feasting and gift-giving ceremony of northwestern tribes | 49 | |
| 11302222 | Kiva | Large underground chamber used by southwestern peoples for religious ceremonies | 50 | |
| 11302223 | Mound Builders | Midwestern and southern American Indians who practiced a unique building style | 51 | |
| 11302224 | Cahokia | Great center of the Mississippian people in Illinois, featuring at least 60 mounds | 52 | |
| 11302225 | Anasazi | People of the southwest who built large stone and adobe villages later called pueblos | 53 | |
| 11302226 | Hohokams | "Vanished" farmers of the desert southwest who lived in today's Arizona | 54 | |
| 11302227 | Hiawatha, Deganawidah | The two legendary founders of the Iroquois alliance | 55 | |
| 11302228 | Maya | People of the Yucatan, southern Mexico, and northern Central America | 56 | |
| 11302229 | Aztecs | Wandering warriors who settled in central Mexico | 57 | |
| 11302230 | Spanish Explorers | People who destroyed the Aztec and Inca empires | 58 | |
| 11302231 | Inca (People) | People of the Andes Mountains who created an empire | 59 | |
| 11302232 | Human Sacrifice | Important and deadly aspect of the Aztec religion | 60 | |
| 11302233 | Agriculture | Basis of the Mayan economy | 61 | |
| 11302234 | Pay Tribute | What conquered peoples were required to do for the Aztecs | 62 | |
| 11302235 | Sun Worship | Basis of Incan religion | 63 | |
| 11302236 | Written Language | Type of communication unknown to the Incas | 64 | |
| 11302237 | Civil War | Cause of the Incan empire's decline | 65 | |
| 11302238 | Macchu Picchu | Now-ruined Incan city, isolated atop a high mountain | 66 | |
| 11302239 | Cuzco | Capital city of the Incas | 67 | |
| 11302240 | Chichen Itza | Renowned Mayan city, huge buildings, on the Yucatan Peninsula (many tourists today) | 68 | |
| 11302241 | Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital city in Lake Texcoco | 69 | |
| 11302242 | Concept of Zero | Advanced feature of Mayan mathematics | 70 | |
| 11302243 | Stepped Pyramids | Type of temples built by Mayans | 71 | |
| 11302244 | Tikal | Largest Mayan city, located in present-day Guatemala | 72 | |
| 11302245 | Road System | Transportation network of 14,000 miles built by the Incas | 73 | |
| 11302246 | Inti (Sun God) | Deity from whom the Inca ruler descended | 74 | |
| 11302247 | Huitzilopochtli | Chief Aztec deity, the sun god | 75 | |
| 11302248 | Pachacuti | Incan ruler who created the empire in the 1400s | 76 | |
| 11302249 | Quipu | Knotted, colored strings used by Incans to keep records | 77 | |
| 11302250 | Carved Stone Pillars | Structures that recorded important events in Mayan history | 78 |
