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Pre - Columbian Americas and Explorers Flashcards

Central America (modern day Mexico) (31 cards)

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Mesoamerica

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Central America (modern-day Mexico)

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Olmec

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First civilization in Mexico

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Decentralized - city-states

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Mayans

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Slash and Burn (Milpa)

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Mayans - (clearing dense jungle enviroment)

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Polytheistic

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Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs

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Yucatán Peninsula

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Mayan

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Calendar, math, glyphs

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Mayans

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Decline of natural disasters, famine, war (not the Spanish)

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Mayans

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Central Mexico (Modern day Mexico City)

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Aztecs

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Emperor-led empire

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Aztecs

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Chinampas (floating gardens)

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Aztecs

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Polytheistic (human sacrifice)

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Aztecs

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tenochtitlan, chinampas

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Aztecs

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Decline of Spanish conquest & disease

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Aztecs

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Andes Mountains

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Inca

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Centralized and Emporer led empire

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Terrace farming on mountains

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Inca (Japan did too)

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Quipu (no writing)

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Roads, bridges, Machu Picu

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Decline from Spanish conquest

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Tikal

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Mayan (city-state)

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Chichen Itza

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Mayan (city-state)

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Connected by warfare, trade, and religion

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Built on an island in Lake Texcoco

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Aztecs (overpopulated with little room on the island)

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Conquered by Francisco Pizzaro
Incas
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Conquered by Henan Cortes
Aztecs
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Founded Americas
Christopher Columbus
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Took China water route, but stopped exploring because China was focused on isolationism (scared of Mongols conquering them again)
Zheng He
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Sailed around Africa to India
De Gama
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Sponsored Portuguese voyages
Henry the navigator
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Sponsored Columbus (he promised to bring back gold, more Christians, and more land (God, glory, gold)
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella (Spanish)

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