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CHAPTER 6
Pirate Chart, Vocabulary Words, Chronology
Question | Answer |
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What is political about the Olmecs ? | By 9500 B.C.E., human reached the southern part of South America. They were known as the "rubber people" |
What are the interactions within the Olmecs ? | Agricultural villages appeared after 3000 B.C.E. |
What are the religion of the Olmecs ? | The rulers power was shown in construction of huge pyramids. |
What is the art and architecture of the Olmecs ? | They made temples and empires. |
What is the technology of the Olmecs ? | They systems of writing of the Olmecs destroyed ceremonial centers by 400 B.C.E. |
What is the economy of the Olmecs ? | They domesticated animals, no wheeled animals. |
What is the society of the Olmecs ? | The early agriculture they cultivated was beans, squashes, and chillies. |
What is political about the Mayas ? | They lived in highlands of Guatemala. Tikal was the most important Maya political center, 300 to 900 C.E. |
What are the interactions within the Mayas ? | Popol Vuh, a Maya creation myth, taught that gods created humans out of maize and water.m |
What are the religion of the Mayas ? | There kings had power and established in a city. |
What is the art and architecture of the Mayas ? | They had colossal pyramids of the sun and moon. |
What is the technology of the Mayas ? | Maya writing was ideographic and syllabic. |
What is the economy of the Mayas ? | Chicken Itza, power of the ninth century; loose empire in Yucatan. |
What is the society of the Mayas ? | Kings, priests, and nobility at the top. Peasants and slaves were majority of population. |
What is political about the Teotihuacan ? | The city of Teotihuacan in the highlands of Mexico, were the high points |
What are the interactions within the Teotihuacan ? | Two-thirds of the city inhabitants worked in fields during daytime. |
What are the religion of the Teotihuacan ? | Rulers and priests dominated society. |
What is the art and architecture of the Teotihuacan ? | Paintings and murals reflect the importance of priests. |
What is the technology of the Teotihuacan ? | Cultural traditions like writing, sacrifices. Artisans were famous for their obsidian tools and orange pottery. |
What is the economy of the Teotihuacan ? | No sign of military organization or conquest. |
What is the society of the Teotihuacan ? | C.E.; was sacked and destroyed mid-eighth century. |
When did the Human migration to North America from Siberia occur ? | 13,000 B.C.E. |
Origins of agriculture in Mesoamerica occur ? | 8000–7000 B.C.E. |
Origins of maize cultivation in Mesoamerica occur ? | 4000 B.C.E. |
Origins of agriculture in South America occur ? | 3000 B.C.E. |
When did the Olmec society occur ? | 1200–100 B.C.E. |
When did the Chavín cult occur ? | 1000–300 B.C.E. |
When did the Teotihuacan society occur ? | 200 B.C.E.–750 C.E. |
When did the Maya society occur ? | 300–1100 C.E. |
When did the Mochica society occur ? | 300–700 C.E. |
When did the Human migration to Australia and New Guinea occur ? | 60,000 B.C.E. |
When did the Origins of agriculture in New Guinea occur ? | 3000 B.C.E. |
When did the Austronesian migrations to New Guinea | 3000 B.C.E. |
When did the Lapita society occur ? | 1500–500 B.C.E. |
When did the Austronesian migrations to Pacific islands occur ? | 1500 B.C.E.–700 C.E. |
What is the definition of Teotihuacan ? | It was an ancient Mesoamerican society located in the sub of Mexico. |
What is the definition of the Maya ? | power wielded by gods. |