studie guide #2

Bering straight- a land bridge connecting north America and Asia that got exposed during the ice age because the ocean levels where so low

kivas- underground rooms used for religious cerimonies and meetings

Inuit way of life- livied in Canada, Alaska, and greenland, they had a carnivorous diet because there wasn’t an option for crops because of the fringed temperatures

Slash and burn farming- they would cut down or burn vegetation to have more land for farming

Mayan government- they functioned as there own country or city state. they had there own government

Mayan entertainment- they played a game simalar to soccer and basketball

human sacrifice- Mayan: didn’t scrificed proplr often but when they do they sacrifice prisoners of war Aztec: they were much more vilent.  the walls of that shrine were so splashed and caked with blood that they and the floor too were black.

Aztec location- swampy, began a city there and called it Tenochtitlan

Chinampas- small, stationary, artificial island built on a freshwater lake for agricultural purposes

Aztec sosial structure- kings, priests, warriores, merchants, farmer, slaves

Challengages of living in south America- the lands forms like the rain forest and the desserts were callengeing

Inca government setup- Upper class included king/emperor, govt officials, priests who lived in capital of Cuzco-stone houses, expensive clothes,  no labor tax

Achevents- mayans: invented the concept of zero and they also invented the calander we still use today. aztecs: Known for bright and exotic clothing and headdresses God, silver, copper, jewlery and masks Used glyphs like mayans but not as advansed Had similar calendars as mayans used to calculate movement of planets some what correctly Incas: Very good builders, structures still stand today despite no mortar used between stones, they also did metalworking and textiles