603 Q1 Flashcards
Who built a large network of roads?
Maya and Olmecs both
The Mayan number system used a place value system, used bars and dots, and
Used a symbol for zero
The on grain crop of the Maya was what
Maize
Who sacrificed ball-game losers to the gods?
Maya
Who used a kind of picture writing?
Maya and Olmecs both
The First Americans likely came from where?
Asia
What Mayan practice did not seem to be related to their religion?
Their clearing of fields for crops
Many Native Americans died from what disease, after the Europeans came?
Smallpox
scientists who explore the ruins of ancient cities to study people are called?
Archaeologists
Order the events in the Mayan and Olmec Civilization
- The Olmec Civilization began 2. The Mayan civilization began 3. The Mayan cities died out 4. Columbus arrived in America.
Mayan languages today are written using what?
an alphabet, not pictures
Some people in Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico still speak what?
Mayan languages
Mayans believed that they needed to do what to please their Gods?
offer human blood
Man-made objects that help show how the people lived and are often discovered when old ruins are explored.
Milpa
The Mayans believed that when they died they would go where?
Descend to a dark, damp region
Who used a calendar and a counting system?
Maya and Olmecs both
Study the languages of the Olmecs and the Maya
Linguists
A group of people that has highly developed knowledge and skills is a what?
civilization
Who used slash-and-burn farming?
Maya
The Mayan’s religious beliefs made them what?
Fearful and hopeless
Many Indians died because of what?
The Europeans
Because Olmecs lived in hot, humid climate, they could raise what crops?
Corn, squash, beans
The Olmecs developed a way of recording what?
Important events
Who lived in the Yucatan region and in what is Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua?
Maya
Because Olmecs lived in hot humid climate, they could live in what kind of houses?
pole houses with woven walls
Who settled along the Gulf of Mexico coast west of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Olmecs
What were the steps of cut-and-burn farming?
cutting down trees, burning dead trees, moving to another area when soil slowed production.
Who build pyramids
Maya and Olmecs both
Like the ancient Egyptians, the Mayans used picture writing called
Obsidian - to razor edge
The Mayan calendar had months of how many days?
20
Who was considered the “Mother Civilization” of Middle America?
Olmecs
