study guide world civ

Bering Strait

was revaled during the ice age due to the ocean levels dropping acted as a land bridge

Kivas

under ground rooms in early north america

Inuit way of life

Depended on seals, ice fishing, and caribou built igloos for shelter.

Slash and burn farming

burning the forgage to make more fertile soil

Mayan government

tons of self governed city states rather than one big state

Mayan entertainment

drill holes in their front teeth and fill them with jade,pyrite, or turquoise human sacrifices trading human sacrifices

Human sacrifice- Mayans and Aztecs

incas rarely sacrificed humans mayans did many human sacrifices

Aztec location

central to southern mexico

Chinampas

aztec floating gareden

Aztec social structure

warriors were very impotent same as preists

Challenges of living in South America

got raded by the europeans

Inca government setup

centralized monarchy and theocracy