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Chapter 6
Pirates Chart, Vocabulary, and Chronology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did the Olmecs migrate to? | Mesoamerica |
| Where did the Olmecs travel from? | Siberia to Alaska |
| What did they do because of huntings difficulty? | Agriculture |
| What was the early agriculture? | beans, squashes, and chilies |
| What did they call the olmecs? | rubber people |
| Where did they live? | Gulf of Mexico |
| What elaborate complex buildings did they build? | Pyramids |
| Where did the Mayans live? | Guatemala |
| What did they cultivate that the Olmecs did not? | cotton and cacao |
| What was the most important Maya political center? | Tikal |
| What was the Maya warfare? | warriors had prestige; captives were slaves or victims |
| What was at the top of their society? | Kings, priests, and hereditary nobility at the top |
| What was the majority of their population? | Peasants and slaves |
| What did the Maya calendar have? | both solar and ritual years interwoven |
| Where did the Teotihuacan establish? | Highlands of Mexico |
| What did they have pyramids of? | Colossal pyramids of sun and moon |
| What did paintings and murals reflect? | importance of priests |
| Who dominated their society? | Rulers and priests |
| Who traded extensively throughout Mesoamerica? | Professional merchants |
| What type of military did they have? | No sign of military organization |
| What cultural traditions did they have? | ball game, calendar, writing, and sacrifices |
| What happened in 13,000 B.C.E.? | Large wave of humans traveled from Siberia to Alaska |
| What happened in 9500 B.C.E.? | humans reached the southernmost part of South America |
| What happened in 7500 B.C.E.? | As hunting became difficult, agriculture began |
| What happened in 5000 B.C.E.? | Early agriculture: beans, squashes, chilies; later, maize became the staple |
| What happened in 3000 B.C.E? | Agricultural villages appeared |
| What happened in 400 B.C.E.? | Decline of Olmecs: systematically destroyed ceremonial centers |
| What happened in 300 to 900 C.E.? | Tikal was the most important Maya political center |
| What happened in 800 C.E? | Maya decline began |
| What happened in 650 C.E? | Decline of Teotihuacan |
| What didn't the early Andean socities make use of? | writing |
| What did the Andeans rely on to introduce and maintain order? | arms |
| What did the Chavin cult inspire? | building of ceremonial centers |
| What did craftsmen experiment with during the era of the Chavin cult? | minerals, gold, silver, copper metallurgy which they made into jewelry or small tools |
| What did artisans manufacture during the era of the Chavin cult? | large, light, and strong fishnets from cotton string |
| What did weavers produce during the era of the Chavin cult? | elaborate and intricate design textiles of both cotton and wool from llamas and alpacas |
| What did the stone carvings of the Chavin Cult have on them? | pictures of their deities with human and animals features |
| What is the definition of The Olmec? | a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico |
| What is the definition of The Maya? | A civilization in Mesoamerica that existed in three different time period Pre-Classic,Classic and Post-Classic |
| What is the definition of The Teotihuacan? | the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings. |
| What is the definition of The Mochica | relating to, or characteristic of a pre-Inca culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru from the 3rd century |
| What is the definition of The Lapita? | Existed from 1500 BCE to 500 BCE in the South Pacific Islands, mainly New Caledonia |
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