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Chapter 6
Early Societies in the Americas and Oceania
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| By cutting slits into his penis in a public ritual, the Maya prince Chan Bahlum intended to | imitate the gods' sacrifice. |
| The low sea levels during ice ages | exposed land bridges that linked Siberia with Alaska, and Australia with New Guinea. |
| Which of the following is NOT true regarding migrations to the Americas? | Most of the migrants arrived by boat. |
| As for early agriculture in Mesoamerica, we can say that | the settlers developed maize as their staple food around 5000 B.C.E. |
| The Olmecs | established the first complex society in Mesoamerica, built ceremonial centers with pyramids and temples, lived in an area where rubber trees flourished, constructed elaborate drainage systems. |
| The Olmec society produced | huge sculptures of human heads. |
| The decline of Olmec society might have been caused by | civil conflicts. |
| For the Olmecs, the ceremonial center at San Lorenzo was like | Tikal to the Maya. |
| A traveler in Tikal might have seen | pyramids, plazas, and palaces, the Temple of the Giant Jaguar, stone-paved courts for ball games, kings, priests, nobles, merchants, slaves, and war captives |
| The Maya calendar | contained a solar year and a ritual year |
| The Popol Vuh concerned | the creation of the world |
| Which of the following would NOT have been seen at Teotihuacan? | iron tools. |
| After about 650 C.E., the city of Teotihuacan, another of the successor societies of the Olmecs, began to decline. The reason for the downfall of Teotihuacan | was military pressure and invasion from surrounding peoples |
| The heartland of early Andean society was | the region now occupied by the states of Peru and Bolivia. |
| During the period of the Chavín cult, | large temple complexes were built, carvings of wild animals were created, weavers produced cotton textiles, gold, silver, and copper jewelry was made |
| Mochica was one of several | large states of Andean society |
| Which of the following is true of the story of the voyage of Ru? | It told of a migration from Hawai`i to an uninhabited island |
| The Lapita peoples | developed sea trading and communications networks. |
| The developments of early societies in Australia and New Guinea took different paths because | the environments of the two islands were very different |
| All of the following conditions helped the Austronesians to people the islands of the Pacific EXCEPT | their knowledge of agriculture and raising domestic animals. |
| What was the most important Mayan political center | Tikal from 300 to 900 C.E |
| What important thing did they make that we all use | The calendar |
| How was mayan writing | Ideographic and syllabic |
| What was Popol Vuh | A myth teaching gods creating humans from maize and water |
| What did gods do? | Maintain agricultural cycles (Rain) for sacrifices |
| What was Bloodletting ritual | Sacrifice blood to the gods |
| Teotihuacan? | City in highlands of Mexico |
| What were pyramids for | Sun and Moon |
| What was the high point of Mayan society | 400 and 600 C.E |
| When was the decline of Teotihuacan | 650 C.E |
| Where did merchants trade | Throughout Mesoamerica |
| What did they supplement agricultural harvests with | Fishing |
| What were main crops in south america | Beans,Peanuts,Sweet potatoes and cotton |
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