1b.The Earliest Americans- Chapter 9 Flashcards
1
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Olmec
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- Mesoamerica’s first known civilization builders
- Worshipped Jaguars
2
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Monte Albán
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- The first real urban center in the Americas built by the Zapotec
3
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Nazca
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- Developed extensive irrigation systems that allowed them to farm the land
4
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Beringia
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The land bridge that connected the Americas to Asia.
5
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Who were the first Americans? When did they come over? How did they get to America?
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- Siberian hunters following wild animals
- 9,500 BC
- They got to America by following wild animals over Beringia, to America
6
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How did the first Americans survive at first? How did that change over time?
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- Survived by hunting the mammoth
- Over time, they turned into hunter and gatherers
7
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Ice Age end
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12,000 BC
8
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City in New Mexico with earliest evidence of humans in the Americas?
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- Clovis: spearheads
9
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Zapotec
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- Built the civilization in Oaxaca
10
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Zapote
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- First people to build a city in the Americas called Monte Albán
11
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Which city had the lines, recognizable from above?
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- Nazca
12
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Civilization during 100-700 AD on the Peruvian coast
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Moche
13
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1st influential South American civilization
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- Chavín
