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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