Chapter Two Vocab

Question 1

hunter-gatherers

Answer 1

first inhabitants of america in pursuit to find game and fertile land

Question 2

Olmec

Answer 2

oldest civilization of Mexico;
present day Vera Cruz and Tabasco;
ancestors of Mayans and Aztecs

Question 3

Mayans

Answer 3

descendants of Olmec;
mathematicians and astronomers
created a calendar

Question 4

Citadel

Answer 4

11-acre plaza with Pyramid of Sun and Pyramid of Moon;

meeting place for citizens

Question 5

Toltec

Answer 5

dominated central Mexico at Tula in Hidalgo;

first to rise from ashes of Teohihuacan’s destruction

Question 6

Aztecs

Answer 6

full reign of power in Valley of Mexico 1428;

revolved around religion

Question 7

deme

Answer 7

member of extended family

Question 8

Tezcatlipoca

Answer 8

plague that struck aztecs;
locusts ravaged crops;
floods;
weather change;
famine

Question 9

Los Voladores

Answer 9

ritual dance- cut down straightest, tallest tree/ build platform on top where dancer would perform/ 4 men dressed as birds for sacrifice

Question 10

big-game hunters

Answer 10

hunted mammoths, mastadons;
highly organized and cooperative;
lived in Great Plains;
heavy weapons

Question 11

desert tradition

Answer 11

lived in Great Basin;
made baskets and milling stones;
hunter gatherers of medium-sized animals, corn, and squash

Question 12

Old Cordilleran

Answer 12

from Rocky Mountains-Pacific Ocean and Alaska-Oregon;

had lighter weapons

Question 13

animism

Answer 13

universe is bound together by spirits of nature;

spirit interacts harmoniously with humans