Chapter 9: The Americas: A Separate World, 40,000 B

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Gulf Coast

The ________ seemed an unlikely site for a high culture to take root.

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La Venta

________ may have fallen sometime around 400 BC.

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Moche pots

________ show doctors healing patients, women weaving cloth, and musicians playing instruments.

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Thisa animal

________ provided meat, hide, and bones for food, clothing, shelters, and tools.

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Archaeologists

________ have found no evidence of political or economic organization within the culture.

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Ancient Perruvians

________ may have visited Chavin temples to pay their respects.

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Peru

________ was a harsh place to develop a civilization.

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significant Olmec site

Another ________ was La Venta which rose around 900 BC.

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trade network

Raw materials including iron ore and various stones- reached San Lorenzo from faraway regions, This ________ helped boost the Olmec economy and spread Olmec influence.

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Scholars

________ believe San Lorenzo was destroyed around 900 BC.

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Scientists

________ believe that it is related to the Ainu people of Japan and that they reached the Americas by island hopping on boats.

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Agriculture

________ brought great change to peoples lives.

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Experts

________ believe the Olmec prayed to a variety of nature gods.

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Moche tombs

________ uncovered in the recent past revealed a civilization with enormous wealth.

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Climate

________ was hot and dry during the day and freezing at night.

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discovery

Recent discoveries of possible pre- Clovis sites have challenged this theory. This ________ was made at Monte Verde, Chile, near the southern tip of the Americas.

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Overland travel

What is difficult? Answer with a single words or term.

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