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Chapter 6 Americas
For class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Ameriindians | Early hunting socities in North and South America |
| What prevented these societies from interacting with others? | Geography |
| Why is Cactus Hill important | Humans lived there 15,000 years ago |
| Crops of early Americans = | Beans and squash |
| Where is corn from? | Mexico |
| Where was Mesoamerica? | Near Veracruz and Yucatan |
| What is Olmec? | Where civilizations first started |
| What did the Olmec do? | Lots of trading and religious rituals |
| Two ways the Olmec supported themselves: | Agriculture and hunting |
| Olmec meaning | People of the land of rubber |
| What did they trade? | rubber |
| Who were the Zapotecs? | Mountain people near Oaxaca |
| First metropolis? | Teotihuacan |
| Teoihuacan trade items? | Cacao, rubber, meat |
| What is obsidian? | Volcanic glass |
| Source of wealth? | Agriculture |
| Source of conflict? | Wanting of farmland |
| Define chinampas? | types of islands |
| Relations of early societies? | Trade-heavy |
| Mother culture? | Olmec society |