Pre-Columbian History COPY

Question 1

The Bering Strait was at one time a

Answer 1

bridge

Question 2

The First Americans were

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Hunter Gatherers

Question 3

What was the first real group that settled?

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Clovis

Question 4

Who learned to domesticate and eventually led to us to agriculture?

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Piedra Furada

Question 5

When people realized that their food was too hot or too cold because of their environment they made…

Answer 5

pottery

Question 6

Mesoamericas means

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Middle of the Americas

Question 7

Which city had a round structure which was very rare

Answer 7

Caral-Supe

Question 8

They thought Caral-Supe was the oldest…. However, ______ might be. But they aren’t sure

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Sechin Bajo

Question 9

Mesamerica is divided into two areas

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Central of Mexico

Yucutan Peninsula

Question 10

Years: Preclassic

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2,500BC-200AD

Question 11

Years: Classic

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200AD-900AD

Question 12

Years: Post-Classic

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900AD-1519AD

Question 13

When did societies begin to vanish and decay?

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700AD

Question 14

When did Cortes arrive?

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1519

Question 15

In the _______ period people began to create advanced pottery.

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Pre-Classic Period

Question 16

These Pre-Classic city-states were _______, meaning there was no big leader yet.

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egalitarian

Question 17

In the Pre-Classic period, agricultural advancements included ______

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Slash and burn

Question 18

When you farm in the same place and the soil begins to go bad. Burning helps the soil but it does not work for the long-term.

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Slash and Burn

Question 19

Eventually in these city-states what begins to appear over time?

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Chief’s

Question 20

In the Middle Pre-classic we begin to see

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Social Classes & Urbanization

Question 21

Writing begins to start in the _____. But it is NOT AN ALPHABET

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Middle Preclassic

Question 22

Olmecs start _____

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Culture

Question 23

Olmeca means

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People of the rubberland

Question 24

The name Olmec is actually what the

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Aztecs call them

Question 25

The Olmecs could have also been called the

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Xi People

Question 26

Years: Olmecs

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2,500BC-400BC

Question 27

The Olmecs religion was

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Polytheistic

Question 28

The Cave is a sign of

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Life. They are sacred

Question 29

The Olmec masks are meant to

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Scare

Question 30

Who practiced cranial shaping?

Answer 30

Olmecs. It was for upperclass people

Question 31

There were two Calendars for the Mayans

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Tzolkin & Haab

Question 32

Which Calendar was the religious one?

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Tzolkin

Question 33

Which Calendar was the Civi Calendar?

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Haab

Question 34

In the Tzolkin Calendar It had how many days? What did it signify?

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260 Days. Either the start of the harvest or a woman's pregnancy

Question 35

In the Haab there were 360 +5 days. What were the extra 5 days for?

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It was like "Holy Week", a religious time.

Question 36

The calendar counts in ____ not ______

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dates not years

Question 37

In the Classic Period there was planned _____

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urbanization

Question 38

What blossomed during the Classic Period?

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Arts & Sciences

Question 39

What were the three main cities in the classic period?

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- Teotihuacan - Morte Aban - Tikal

Question 40

What does Teotihuacan mean?Who gave them this name?

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"Where the gods were made" Aztecs

Question 41

When was Teotihuacan founded?

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100BC

Question 42

In Teotihuacan each group had their own little

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Neighborhoods

Question 43

What part of Teotihuacan was burned?

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Only the rich part. Maybe cuz of an uprising from the lower class

Question 44

Who had a very advanced religion?

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Teotihuacan

Question 45

Who was Tetitlan

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The Mother creator whom they would make sacrifices too

Question 46

When was Teotihuacan abandoned?

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650-750 AD

Question 47

Who named the Temple of Sun and Moon?

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The Aztecs

Question 48

*Slope and Panel is known as

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Talud-Tablero*