Native Americans Flashcards

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First Native Americans in Mesoamerica

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Olmecs

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First Native Civilization of America

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Paleo-Indians

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Year when Olmecs began to develop

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1,200 B.C.

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What were the Aztecs civilization known for?

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For being fierce warriors

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How did the Aztecs developed

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by conquering

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Did the Aztecs developed their architecture?

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yes, by building pyramids, large cities, and a system of communication which allowed all the civilization to communicate

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how did the Aztecs became rich in gold, cotton, and all types of things?

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Aztecs developed their trade system, making them extremely rich. (most rich civilization)

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Cause of the collapse of Maya civilizations

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Historians are not sure/don’t know what made the Maya collapsed

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who started using the Adobe?

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Anazasi civilization

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Ice Age

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Period where the Earth’s weather was intensely cold, large amounts of water froze creating big huge moving sheets of ice (glaciers)

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Why the the Bering-Land Bridge melted?

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It melted when the Earths’s climate grew warmer making the ocean’s level grow

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A popular example of a glacier

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The Bering-Land Bridge

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How did early people arrived America?

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Crossing the Bering-Land Bridge

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What was the earliest civilization known of America?

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Paleo-Indians

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What was the Bering-Land Bridge

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It was a huge glacier that connected Asia to America making it a bridge. Obviously when the Ice Age ended, there was no bridge to cross

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When did Paleo-Indians crossed the bridge?

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38,000-10,000 B.C

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What is MIGRATION?

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A movement of people or animal from one region to another

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18
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What people first started to plant?

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Maize

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Where did Paleo-Indians established?

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Paleo-Indians traveled south Canada, USA, Mexico looking for herds of animals and a better climate for food (they were nomadics)

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What created the Ice Age when it ended?

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New Landscapes

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20
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What were the three most common crops native Americans would farm?

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Maize
Beans
Squash

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Earliest know civilization in Mesoamerica

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Where and when did the Olmecs developed?

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Mesoameerica (1,200 B.C)

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Known for their use of stone in architecture and sculpture (stone heads)

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What did the olmecs and Maya grew to eat?
Maize Beans Squash
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Civilization that came after the Olmecs
Maya
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Civilization that built cannals to control the flow of water and large plazas for gathering
Maya
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Reason for the collapse of the Maya civilization
Historians are not sure about what made the Maya Civilization collapse
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Civilization known for being fierce warriors
Aztecs
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How did the Aztecs became so rich?
By trading
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Strongest and Most rich civilization
Aztecs
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How did the Aztecs built their empire?
By conquering
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Where did Aztecs established?
Central Mexico
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What civilization established in Los Andes
Incas
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Where did Incas established?
All the way from Ecuador to Chile (Los Andes)
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Civilization that came after Mayas
Aztecs
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Civilization that came after Aztecs
Incas
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When did Aztecs came?
1,100 A.D
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Tenochitlan
Capital of the Aztec civilization
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What did the Aztecs created in order to trade?
Roads to connect the island to the shore so that trade would be a thing
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When did Incas established?
1,400
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Civilization of Mesoamérica that formed a government where the king rules
Inca
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Cuzco
Capital of the Inca civilization
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Quechua
Language in which Incas would communicate
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Known for their art
Inca civilization
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Paved roads and bridges in order to communicate with the rest of the empire
Inca civilization
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Established in North America in 1,500 B.C
Anasazi
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Built Kivas
Anasazi
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Why did Anasazi civilization built Kivas?
Anasazis built kivas as sacred underground ceremonial chambers to make rituals
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