Unit 9 - Americas

Mesoamerica civilization order:

olmen -> mayan -> aztec -> inca

Earliest known Mesoamerican civilization, and when did they date?

Olmecs, 1500 BCE to 400 BCE

Who left behind massive statues of heads? What did they represent?

Olmecs, important rulers.

Olmec innovations:

Early form of writing and calendar.

Where at the Mayans Located

Yucatan Peninsula

Mayan’s most populous city

Chichen Itza

What was the Mayan Civilization made up of?

Groups of city-states ruled by kings

Where were various important rituals practiced? What Civilization?

Mayans, Pyramids

What kind of sacrifices happened in Mayan Pyramids

Human Sacrifices

What Mayan game was played and where?

Ball Game, base of the temples in an arena.

Mayan economy was based on ___ and ___.

Agriculture and Trade

Who used terrace farming and what is it?
Who used slash and burn?

Mayans and Inca (most), method of growing crops on hills built on the slope.
Mayans

What did the Mayans develop (systems?)

Math, concept of zero, astronomy, CALENDAR

Which civilization used glyphs and what is it

Mayans, writing system using symbolic pictures to document things.

When did the Aztecs emerge?

1300 - 1521 CE

What’s Aztec’s capital city? Where was it built?

Tenochtitlan. Swamp of Lake Texcoco

The Aztec Empire had many city states that paid tribute to an emperor

no answer breh

Who used chinampas, and what is it?

Aztecs, Artificial fields in the swampy water.

What crops did the Aztecs grow?

Maize, beans, squash

Aztec religion was ___ and ____.

polytheistic and animistic

Which god did the Aztecs worship? Who is he?

Who is Quetzalcoatl?

Huitzilopochtli, the sun god.

Another god, the Plumed Serpent

What kind of Sacrifice was used for the Aztecs

Human Sacrifice

Where is the Inca empire?

Andes Mountains

What is an important location in the Inca Empire, what is it modern day?

Machu Picchu, Peru

The Inca had a ____ and ____ religion

Polytheistic

Who is Inti, what civilization were they under?

Inca, sun god.

What did the Inca Emperor believe?

They were part god. Temples were used to worship gods.

Inca developments, they were known for their ___ and ___ systems?

Road and Bridge.

Which civilization created the Quipu? What is it?

Inca, record keeping using knots.

Which society was cashless? What what did they do instad?

Inca, government would distribute goods for everyone because people paid taxes.

Inca main crops:

POTATOES, maiz, squash

What is a Codex?

Religious texts, official documents, and literature

Mesoamerica

What did Small Pox do?

The disease killed down the Native American population, brought my Europeans.

Hernan Cortez:

Fought the Aztec Empire and Spain took over.

Christopher Columbus

Voyages, leading to increased European exploration, colonization, and trade with the Americas.

Zapotec, where were they located

“cloud people”, located on Valley of Oaxaca