Mesoamerica Flashcards

260272437	Great Migration	Paleolithic man wandered into the americas via the bering strait land bridge	0
260272438	Mesoamerica	civs of mexico and central america main crop: corn/maize and potato	1
260272439	Differences between Mesoamerica Civs and River Valley Civs	developed later, did not develop along major river systems, didn't have the wheel, human labor used, organized sport, slash and burn agriculture	2
260272440	Differences between Mesoamerica Civs and River Valley Civs	llama=largest burden of animal, flat topped pyrimids for human sacrifice, sun god, Quetzalcoatl, dictatorial kings and strong priests, not unified nations	3
260272441	Quetzalcoatl	feathered serpent, mesoamerica and river valley civs a god who will someday come back and rule his pep. in peace, light skinned bearded man	4
260272442	Similarities between Mesoamerica Civs and River Valley Civs	built pyramids and temples, polytheistic(gods of nature), pyramid shaped society, trade, calendars, no women rights, arranged marriages by dad, warring among city-states	5
260272443	Olmecs (1200-400 BCE)	famous civ of mesoamerica, east central mexico on gulf, first civ of meso, language un deciphered, chinampas, san lorenzo, la venta, sculptured heads	6
260272444	Olmecs (1200-400 BCE)	famous civ of meso, pyramid of the sun: on top of cave-life came upward from navel, pyramid of moon: dedicated to Que., avenue of dead, good traders	7
260272445	Olmecs Trades	obsidian, shells, copal, tree resin used in incense, feathers	8
260272446	Avenue of the Dead	Olmecs, north to south roadway, lined with temples	9
260272447	Teotihuacan (150 BCE-750 CE)	famous civ of meso, located near modern mexico city, one of worlds large cities of ancient times, taken over by mayans	10
260272448	Maya (250-900 CE)	famous civ of meso, present day yucatan peninsula,belize,guatemala, city-states, kings=shamans, largest city=tikal, highest pop. 3 mill, large empire	11
260272449	Maya (250-900 CE)	serpents and jaguars worshiped, hierogyphic lang.=most advanced in meso, mayan calender,	12
260272450	Shamans	kings in maya, mediums between the spirits and real world; medicine man	13
260272451	Theories of Collapse of Maya	overuse of land, volcanic activity, disease or city-state rivarly; overpopulation	14
260272452	Aztec (1300-1520 CE)	famous civ of meso, aka mexica, yucatan peninsula, most famous city=tenochtitlan, warior group created emp, women rights, human sacrifices, conqured by spanish	15
260272453	Most famous gods in Aztec	jaguar god, featherhead serpent, sun god (Huitzilopochtli), sun gods form=hummingbird	16
260272454	Women Rigths in Aztec	own property, sign business contracts independantly	17
260272455	Human Sacrifices in Aztec	sun drew energy on human blood, estimated 20,000 per year, conqured slaves and aztecs	18
260272456	Spanish Conqest of Aztec	1500s under leadership of Hernan Corted; led to spanish domination of mexico and central america until 1800s	19
260272457	Andean Civs	most societies lived in clans called ayllu	20
260272458	Chavin (850-250 BCE)	earliest civ of the andes	21
260272459	Nazca (100-800 CE)	civ of andean civs, configurated lines on top of mountains	22
260272460	Inca (1300-1536 CE)	civ of andean, andes mount. from chile to ecuador to amazon river basin, ruler=great inca, capital=cuzco, famous temple=machu picchu, warrior group created emp.	23
260272461	Inca (1300-1536 CE)	civ of andean, metallurgy, terrace farming, mit'a, no writing system, quipo, road system, unified empire, conqured by spanish in 1500s, temple of sun god	24
260272462	Mit'a	enforced labor in Inca	25
260272463	Great Inca	inca ruler, descendant of sun god, punishable by death to look at him	26
260272464	Quipo	inca, knots tied in cords used for counting	27