Chapter 16 Flashcards
moved constantly in search of food
hunter-gatherers
a rope with knotted cords that served as a calculator
quipu
farming culture that thrived from about A.D. 300 to 1300
Hohokam
landed on island of Hispaniola in 1492
Christopher Columbus
a Spanish soldier who defeated the Aztec
Hernan Cortes
a Spanish soldier who defeated the Inca
Francisco Pizarro
developed a trading empire that flourished between 1200 and 300 B.C.
Olmec
a land bridge connecting Asia & Alaska during the Ice Age
Beringia
sun-dried mud bricks used to build homes in the desert Southwest
adobe
located in the dense forests of Peten
Mayan city-states
why the Moche people prospered
irrigation for crops
how the Mayan civilization ended
mysteriously
what the Incan leader Pachacuti was able to do
build a huge empire
what allowed early peoples in North America to build complex cultures
learned farming
Anasazi homes
apartments in cliffs
where Inuit lived
present-day Alaska & Canada
why Montezuma didn’t attack invading Spaniards right away
thought Cortes might be a god
who were the Mound Builders
hunter-gatherers who built mounds
what allowed Spaniards to defeat the Aztec
guns, horses, epidemic (disease)
why Iroquois League was formed
to end fighting among the groups
