AP World History Chapter 6 Flashcards

Mayan, Olmec, Austronesians, and other Central American Societies

314786700	Teotihuacan	A wealthy city-state ruled by a theocratic government	0
314786701	Austronesians	People who had advanced maritime craft and used them to reach New Guinea and establish societies across the Pacific and Indian Ocean islands	1
314786702	Land Bridges	Bridges that were exposed during the last ice age. They allowed people to migrate to the Americas, Australia, and New Guinea.	2
314786703	Popul Vah	A Mayan book that survived the Spanish invaders. It teaches that people were created out of maize and water by the gods, thus it explains the reason for blood letting rituals	3
314786704	Teotihuacan	A city-state that had no military or defensive walls, which led to it's downfall	4
314786705	Austronesians	People who introduced agriculture to the people in New Guinea and other Indian Ocean islands	5
314786706	Lapita	Austronesians who migrated and populated many islands in the Pacific and Indian Ocean	6
314786707	Tikal	A large ceremonial center in Maya that became a political center that accumulated massive amounts of wealth	7
314786708	Lapita	People who maintained large trade networks across seas but ceased once they had prosperous societies under kings and chiefs	8
314786709	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.	9
314786710	Maya	Heirs to the Olmec society that cultivated the lowlands of Mesoamerica	10
314786711	Olmecs	A Mesoamerican people who influenced the development of the Maya and Teotihuacan	11
314786712	Terrace fields	What the Maya used to cultivate in the lowlands	12
314786713	Teotihuacan	A society to the north of the Maya and a descendant of the Olmecs. It was very wealthy and had many skilled artisans.	13
314786714	Maya	A people who established a series of independant states and city-states in Mesoamerica	14
314786715	Maya	A people whose warfare involved capturing other warriors to serve as slaves or bleeding sacrifices	15
314786716	calendar	An invention made by the Olmecs to record the year, day, and month to a pinpoint accuracy	16
314786717	ball games	An intellectual advancement of the Olmec and Maya that also served religious purposes.	17
314786718	Maya	A people who believed in multiple gods and pleasing them through blood letting rituals	18
314786719	Chichen Itza	A Mayan state that tried to unify the Mayan people under one centralized rule. It assimilated captured soldiers into it's society and survived the Maya downfall in 800 C.E.	19