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Chapter 16
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Question | Answer |
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Where did the homeland of the Maya stretch to? | Southern Mexico to Central America |
What was Tikal? | A major center city in northern Guatemala. |
When were the Olmec building their civilizations? | 1200 B.C. to 900 B.C. |
Where were the Olmec building their civilizations? | Along the Gulf coasts |
Archaeologists have identified how many sites? | 50 |
How many feet did the pyramid at Tikal stretch to? | 212 |
What did cities mainly trade? | salt, flint, feathers, shells, and honey. |
How Many pyramids were dedicated to gods by the Aztecs? | 20 or more |
How much feet above see level, was the mountain of basin? | 7,500ft |
What was the Teotihuacan cities most valuable trade item? | Obsidian |
Who took over after the fall of Teotihuacan? | Toltecs |
Who were the Toltec and what were they based on? | Warlike people and they ventured on conquest. |
What was the Gods name that the Toltec's followed and what did he demand? | Quetzalcoatl, demanded BLOOD! |
What does Teotihuacan mean? | City of the Gods. |
When did the Aztecs arrive to the valley of Mexico? | 1,200 A.D. |
What did the valley of Mexico contain? | A number of small city-states that survived the collapse of the Toltec rule. |
Who where the Mexica? | The Aztecs, whom were poor nomadic people from the harsh deserts in northern Mexico. |
What where the Mexica, in the personalities, and how did they adjust? | Fierce and ambitious, soldiers-for-hire to local rulers. |
Who was Auitzilopochtli? | The god of the sun and warfare. |
Where was Tenochtitlan founded? | A small island in Lake Tex coco |
What did the Aztecs, Texaco, and the Tlacopon form? | Triple Alliance |
How many provinces did the triple alliance own? | 38 |
What is a potlatch | A ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity in some Northwest Coast tribes of Native Americans. |
What are Pueblos | A village of large apartment-like buildings made of clay and stone, built by the Anasazi and later peoples of the American Southwest. |
Who were the Missispians | Elating to a Mound Builder culture that flourished in North America between a.d. 800 and 1500. |