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Chapter 6 Americas
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Question | Answer |
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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 |