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ANTHRO FINAL
Mesoamerica Pt. 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the origins of Maya? When did agriculture begin? Social complexity? Urbanization? | Agriculture: 3000 BCE Social complexity: 650 BCE Urbanization: 600-300 BCE |
| Describe the Formative Period. What two cities were thriving during this period? | Beginnings of sedentary village life, rapid transformation to ceremonial centers; San Lorenzo and La Venta |
| Describe the Late Formative/early Classic Period. What two cities were thriving during this time? | Major urban centers; Monte Alban and Teotihuacan |
| Describe the Classic Period. What two cities were thriving during this time? | ~200-300 CE, very large centers, writing systems; Tikal and Palenque |
| _____ ______ was the first city in Mesoamerica. | Monte Albam |
| Describe Phase 1 of Monte Alban. When was it occupied? By how many? What kinds of features did it have? | 500-200 BCE Population grew to 5000 then 17000 Monumental construction, including ball court |
| Describe Phase 2 of Monte Alban. When was it occupied? What did they erect? How far did their control expand to? | 200 BCE - 200 CE Defensive wall established Control beyond Oaxaca |
| When was Phase 3 of Monte Alban occupied? By how many? | 200-800 CE 25-30,000 inhabitants |
| When did agriculture begin in Maya? When did signs of social complexity begin to emerge? What about urbanization? | Agriculture: 3000BCE Social complexity: 650BCE Urbanization: 600-300BCE |
| Maya was occupied during the ______ _______ Period. | Early Classic |
| What period was Palenque occupied? What time was that? Who was its ruler? What city is it now? | Early Classic Period, 600 CE Ruler: Pakal Chiapas, Mexico |
| When was Tikal occupied, and what is it considered now? | 200-900CE, Guatemala |
| What questions do anthropologists ask about the rule of Tikal? | Was there a king of the city? A chiefdom? A stratified society? |
| What is bloodletting? Where is it done, and what ideas is it often done for? | Bloodletting is making yourself bleed as a sacrifice 1. Often done through tongue and genitals 2. Often done about ideas of fertility |
| The Classic Period was the pinnacle of ___________ beginning at 250 CE. | civilization |
| What kinds of city states did they have in the Classic Period? What types of villages? What kind of specialization? Did they have a king? | Autonomous urban city states, farming villages, craft specialization, no king |
| When was the Postclassic Period? What happened to the population? | 800CE, declining population |
| What are some explanations explaining the Mayan collapse? | Violence and warfare, top heavy social hierarchy, damage to agricultural lands, droughts |
| (Aztec) Cortez arrived in _____________ at 1519. The population was ________ and had enormous temples and pyramids. | Tenochtitlan, 200,00 |
| (Aztec) Tenochtitlan was capital of what? When was it founded and established into an empire? | Capital of the Aztecs, founded in 1325, allied with petty states forming empire in 1428 |
| (Aztec) Motecuhzoma had over a ___________ inhabitants. | million |
| (Aztec) Chinampas had huge, raised ____________ _______. | agricultural fields |
| (Aztec) What turns you into a deity? | Sacrifice |
| Describe characteristics of the Aztecs. | Deities, ritual calendar, elaborate clothing, education system (everyone, 7-14), arts |
| Between 1519CE and 1680CE, how much did the Aztec population decline? | 1.2 million to 70,000; about 85%-95% of population killed in 160 years |
| What are the explanations for why the Aztec population declined so quickly? | Disease, war, slavery, famine |
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