Chapter 6 Outline
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| When did humans reach the southernmost part of South America? | 9500 B.C.E
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| When did agriculture begin in South America? | 7500 B.C.E
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| What was mainly cultivated in South America? | Beans, Squashes, Chiles, and Maize
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| What became the staple of South America's agriculture? | Maize
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| When did Maize become the staple of their agriculture? | 5000 B.C.E
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| Agriculture became about in South America due to the fact that... | Hunting became difficult.
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| When did agricultural villages begin to appear? | 3000 B.C.E
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| When did ceremonial center begin? | By the end of the second millennium B.C.E
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| What were the Olmecs also referred to as? | "Rubber people''
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| Where did the Olmecs live? | Near the Gulf of Mexico
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| Around what time did the Olmecs live near the Gulf of Mexico? | 1200 B.C.E
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| The rulers power was shown by... | Construction of huge pyramids
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| What was traded? | Jade, Obsidian
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| What year did the Olmec society start to decline? | 400 B.C.E
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| How was the decline of the Olmecs shown? | Ceremonial Centers were systematically destroyed
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| What influence did the Olmecs leave? | Maize, Cerimonial Centers, Calendar, Human Sacrifices, and Ball Game
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| The heirs to the Olmecs were... | The Mayans
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| Where did the Mayans live? | In the highlands of Guatemala
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| Besides Maize what did the Mayans also cultivate? | Cotton and Cacao
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| What was the Mayans most political centers and what was the time period of the political center? | Tikal (300-900 B.C.E)
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| What position was very prestigious in the Mayan Society? | Warriors
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| Captives were kept as... | Slaves or victims
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| What city was the source of power? | Chichén Itzá
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| What was Chichén Itzá time period? | The ninth century
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| When did the Mayan civilization start to decline? | 800 C.E
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| How did the Mayans show that their civilization start to decline? | Many Mayans started to leave their cities
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| What type of society did the Mayans have? | A hierarchical society
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| What ranked first in the Mayan society? | Kings, priests, and hereditary nobility
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| Who was considered as a ambassador and in what class were they in? | Merchants (Ruling Class)
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| Who was considered important in the Mayan society? | Professional architects and artisans
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| Who was the majority of the Mayan population? | Peasants and slaves
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| What was included in the Mayan calendar? | Solar and ritual years
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| What was the Mayans writing like? | Was ideographic and syllabic
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| Popol Vuh was... | A myth that gods created humans out of maize and water
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| What did gods contain agricultural cycles in exchange of? | In exchange in honors and sacrifices
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| Bloodletting rituals honored... | Gods for rains
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| Who were the heirs of the Olmecs? | The Teotihuacanshunting and gathering peoples reached South America
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| Where was the city of Teotihuacan locates in? | In the highlands of Mexico
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| What was the time period of the Teotihuacans? | 400-600 C.E
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| Colossal pyramid of what? | The sun and moon
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| How many inhabitants were there? | Two hundred thousand inhabitants
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| What reflected the importance of the priests? | Paintings and Murals
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| Who dominated the society? | Priests and rulers
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| What did two-thirds of the inhabitants do? | Two-thirds of the city inhabitants worked in fields during daytime
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| What were artisans famous for? | Obsidian tools and orange potter
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| Where did professional merchants trade? | In Mesoamerica
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| When was the decline if the Teotihuacan society? | 650 C.E
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| What happened in 12000 B.C.E? | Hunting and gathering peoples reached South America
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| What happened in 8000 B.C.E? | People began to experiment with agriculture
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| Complex societies began to appear in... | 1000 B.C.E
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| What were the main crops that were planted? | beans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, cotton
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