Global- Chap 9 Flashcards
(9 cards)
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Maize
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Another name for corn, very important crop
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Beringia
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- land bridge that connected ALASKA to RUSSIA
- formed during the Ice Age
- crossed over in 50,000 BP
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Olmec
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- Mesoamerica’s first known civilization
- “mother culture” of Mesoamerica
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Mesoamerica
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Region stretching from Mexico to Hondras
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Zapotec
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- southwest of the Olmec in the Oaxaca Valley
- Olmec influence
- built Monte Alban
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Monte Alban
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- first urban center
- contained pyramids, temples, and palaces
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Chavin
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- first flourishing culture in South America
- the Olmec of South America
- pyramids, plazas, earth mounds
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Nazca
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- southern part of Peru
- extensive irrigation
- drew lines that formed animals
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Moche
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- northern coast of Peru
- wealthy society
- wide range of crops
- took advantage of nearby rivers to build irrigation
