AP WORLD: CHAPTER 6 VOCABULARY Flashcards

7241906492	Austronesian peoples	people who was early as 2000 BCE began to explore and settle islands of the Pacific Ocean Why does it matter: shows new migration patterns and development to how they got there	0
7241907598	Bloodletting ritual	a ritual that involves the intentional release of blood,can be a symbolic rebirth or death Why does it matter: shows their belief system and an importance to what they are doing	1
7241908339	Chavin Cult	mysterious but very popular South American religion Why does it matter: shows religious differences all over the world	2
7241910340	Chichen Itza	site in northern Mexico, center of Mayan empire after ad 918 till about 1200 Why does it matter: shows what their center was and importance of it	3
7241911681	Colossal human heads	seventeen monumental stone representations of human heads Why does it matter: shows importance and what they believed in/could be important people in their history	4
7241912651	Kaminaljuyu	site during the Maya civilization that was occupied during 1500 BC till AD 1200 Why does it matter: shows different important cities during the civilization	5
7241914253	Lapita	culture used for Prehistoric Pacific Ocean people (1600-500 BCE) Why does it matter: shows different types of culture all over the world	6
7241914254	Maize	corn Why does it matter: tells us what they ate and one of their stable crops	7
7241914255	Maya	brilliant Central American society (300-1000) known for math, astronomy,and a sophisticated written language Why does it matter: shows early American civilizations and their developments	8
7241915756	Maya ball game	game in which Maya peoples used a hard rubber ball to propel through a ring without using their hands. Often used for ritual and ceremonial purposes Why does it matter: shows new twists on rituals than past civilizations	9
7241915777	Mayan calendar	system of calendars used in Mesoamerica Why does it matter: show show developed they were to tell time and what day it was	10
7241918711	Mesoamerica	area extending from central Mexico to Honduras where diverse civilizations thrived Why does it matter: gives us an idea of where most civilizations were located	11
7241920062	Mochica	Pre-Incan South American society (300-700) known for their brilliant ceramics Why does it matter: shows early art and influence it had	12
7241921658	Oceania	term referring to the Pacific Ocean basin and its lands Why does it matter: shows early terms	13
7241922526	Olmecs	early Mesoamerican society (1200-100) BCE that centered on sites at San Lorenzo, La Venta, and Tres Zapatos and that influenced later Maya Why does it matter: led to influences of later Maya	14
7241924194	Popol Vuh	Mayan creation epic Why does it matter: shows signs of literature and what it was based on	15
7241925627	Teotihuacan	Central American society (200-750 BCE); its Pyramid of the Sun was the largest structure in Mesoamerica Why does it matter: shows how developed they were to be able to build the structure and shows what they believed in	16
7241928145	Tikal	Maya political center from the fourth through the ninth century Why does it matter: tells us where the most important place was	17