AP Flashcards

10962422857	Classical civilizations of America	Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, Inco	0
10962422858	1200 BCE: Olmecs	Settled at the coast of Gulf Mexico	1
10962422859	Olmec means	Rubber people. First people to tap rubber trees for sap.	2
10962422860	Olmec Culture	parent culture in Mesoamerica(central america).	3
10962422861	Olmec Writings:	Hieroglyphic form writing	4
10962422862	Olmec Math:	Number system was based on combinations of only three symbols. Dot= 1 Bar= 5	5
10962422863	Olmec religious rituals:	Pok-a-tok	6
10962422864	Pok-a-tok	Ceremonial ball game something like basketball. Players use their chest, elbow, and feet. Players were sacrificed to gods at the end of the game.	7
10962422865	Olmec arts and architects:	Temple Pyramids, Stone heads	8
10962422866	Temple Pyramids:	built on mountain tops, primarily of worship. Drew worshippers' eyes towards the skies where gods looked down from the stars.	9
10962422867	Stone Heads	chunks of volcanic rock, 18 tons nd 14ft high.	10
10962422868	Mayan Civilization:	people were building religious centers in Yucutan Peninsula border(Mexico Guatemala border).	11
10962422869	Mayan people	Mayas/Mayans	12
10962422870	300-700 BCE	mesoamerican civilizations reached its peak at the Mayan centers	13
10962422871	Mayan leaders	Halach Uinic, Priests	14
10962422872	Halach Uinic	true man, absolute leaders, head of city-states.	15
10968666598	Priests	shared controlled leaders who expanded the religious centers to city-states	16
10968666599	Concerned with time	gods will destroy the world if ceremonies were not on time, decides lucky day for persons, decide luck for marriage, planting, trading, warsand building temples	17
10968666600	To obtain accurate measurements of time, they observe	Celestial bodies Predict eclipses	18
10968666601	Mayan Calendar	365 days, last 5 days unlucky	19
10968666602	Record keepers	taughtsons of nobles how to read, and others how yo interpret the calendar	20
10968666603	Upper class	Priests, nobles, warriors	21
10968666604	Lower class	Peasants	22
10968666605	Decline of Mayan Civilization	Abandonment of Maya centers. Mayas did not move away. Mesoamericans civilizationnever reached its height	23
10968666606	Inca Civilization	empire of the sun	24
10968666607	Incas	Controlled a large area in Cuzco, Peru(Andes)	25
10968703950	Engineers	Superb engineers like the Aztecs. Excellent systems of roads(coast to mountains). Swinging bridges. Tunnels. Inns among the road for travelers	26
10968703951	Inca rule	Stronger political organization than Aztec. Ruled directly to conquered lands. Monitors people's submission and provide sanctions for disobedience.	27
10968703952	Quipis	to keep records. Made of colored cords tied at different lengths to indicate different sums.	28
10968703953	Classes	common people, noble, emperor, and wife	29