Chapter Flashcards

220246472	Mesoamerica	Mexico and Central America
220246473	Olmec	a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization contered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC
220246474	Maya calendar	Most elaborate calendar of the ancient Americas. It combined two kinds of years into one system: a solar year of 365 days governed the agricultural cycle, and a ritual year of 260 days governed daily affairs by organizing time into twenty "months" of thirteen days apiece.
220246475	Maya math	Incorporated concept of zero and place value but had limited notational signs
220246476	Chavian cult	andes mountains, s. america
220246477	Aboriginal	having existed from the beginning, having existed from the beginning
220246478	Pyramid of the sun	Pyramid found in ancient Teotihuacan, it was 200-feet tall and had a base larger than that of the Great Pyramid in Egypt.
220246479	Temple of the giant jaguar	a stepped pyramid that was 47 meters high (154 feet) and was located in Tikal
220246480	Lapita	Society from New Guinea to Tonga (1500-500 B.C.E.) with agricultural villages, networks of trade and communication, and hierarchical chiefdoms.
220246481	Olmecs	(1400 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E.) earliest known Mexican civilization,lived in rainforests along the Gulf of Mexico, developed calendar and constructed public buildings and temples, carried on trade with other groups.
220246482	Maya	a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
220246483	Austronesian	people who as early 2000 B.C.E. began to explore and settle islands of pacific ocean basin, the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia
220246484	Mochica	Mochica is a society in the Andean valleys, near the Moche River, that left behind a remarkable artistic legacy. They made ceramics that represented gods and everyday life.
220246485	Tikal	the most important Maya political center between the 4th-9th centuries. It was a city that had temples, pyramids, palaces, and public buildings.
220246486	Chichen itza	A large small city Mayan kingdom. They accoustomed captives into their own society. Organzied an empire that brought political stability to northen Yucatan, who it lost its empire to.
220246487	Teotihuacan	The first major civilization of central Mexico, this was a city-state whose ruins lie just outside of Mexico City.
220246488	Popol vuh	a book containing a versioin of the Mayan story of creation.