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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| diagram that show events in order by date | timeline |
| invented zero | Mayans |
| had floating gardens | Aztecs |
| Capital city of Mexico once was this group's capital | Aztecs |
| This group used terraces to farm | Mayans |
| this crop was very important | corn |
| They built high rise apartment-style villages beneath cliffs | Anasazi |
| These people were in southwest United States | Anasazi |
| Most early civilizations began to develop when--- | Surplus of food was grown |
| The Aztec planned their city to honor | The sun and their gods |
| The Aztecs sacrificed humans because their gods needed energy to | bring the sun up |
| Before Christ | B.C. |
| In the year of our Lord | A.D. |
| This group made an important calendar | Mayans |
| This word means to do a specific kind of work | specialize |
| This word means extra | surplus |
| A complex system of government, education and religion | civilization |
| ten years | decade |
| 100 years | century |
| object left behind by a group | artifact |
| period of limited rain | drought |
| water brought into an area to water crops | irrigation |
| payment made in form of valuable goods | tribute |
| owning people and forcing them to work | slavery |
| large area of different groups of people controlled by one ruler or group | empire |
| extremely old | ancient |
| The mound builders lived along this river | MIssissippi |
| The mound builders lived in __________America | humid |
| The Anasazi lived in ___________America | arid |
| A major problem that the Anasazis overcame was | lack of water |
| The mound builders used their mounds for | religious purposed |
| A scientist that studies evidence from long ago is an | archeologist |
| The continent that the Anasazis lived on is | North America |
| This group nof people loved Astronomy | Mayans |
| This group of people had the house of tears | Aztecs |