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EVIDENCES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DURING PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES Flashcards

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EVIDENCES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DURING PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES

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  • OLMEC
  • MAYA
  • AZTEC
  • INCA
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First great Mesoamerican
civilization

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OLMEC CIVILIZATION

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Thrived along Southern gulf
coast of Mexico, mainly in
present-day states of
Veracruz and Tabasco

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OLMEC CIVILIZATION

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Colossal head made of stone

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OLMEC CIVILIZATION

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Olmec means “__________” in Nahuatl, the language of Aztec

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rubber people

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refers to the ancient practice of Olmecs to Aztecs of extracting latex from Castilla elastic, a rubber tree in the area.

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“Rubber people”

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Olmecs constructed permanent city-temple
complexes at San Lorenzo
Tenochitlan, La Venta, Tres
Zapotes, and Laguna de los
Cerros. The principal architectural structure found in
____________ was the vast
clay pyramid decorated with elaborate carvings.

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La Venta ruins

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They cultivated cacao,
rubber and salt.

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OLMEC CIVILIZATION

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Used an elaborate water and
drainage system.

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OLMEC CIVILIZATION

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They manufactured chocolate
drinks

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OLMEC CIVILIZATION

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Evidence shows that the _____
practiced human sacrifice and
cannibalism.

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Olmec

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Animal gods were features of
their culture.

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Olmec

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La Venta declined around _________, and the Olmec civilization
vanished along with it.

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400 BC

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MAYA CIVILIZATION
Lived in present-day

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Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

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One of the most important pre Columbian Mesoamerican
cultures

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Maya

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Credited for remarkable achievements in
astronomy, engineering, medicine, and
mathematics.

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MAYA CIVILIZATION

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Their architecture was
manifested in the grandeur of
their tall pyramids with temple
of limestones, with small
temples on the top
constructed like an arch.

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MAYA CIVILIZATION

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In astronomy, they tracked the
movement of the stars and
planets across the sky, and were able to predict eclipses. Venus was their most important astronomical object

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MAYA CIVILIZATION

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MAYA CIVILIZATION
________ was their most important astronomical object.

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Venus

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The Mayans discovered an
accurate calendar. The ritual
calendar that developed in
Mesoamerica used a count of
______ days.

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260

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Their written language was
made up of about 800 glyphs,
or symbols.

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Maya

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They also produced rubber products.

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Maya

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Established their city of
Tenochtitlan, present-day
Mexico City in 1325 AD.

A

AZTEC CIVILIZATION

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Known as violent people who
expanded their empire through ruthless warfare

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AZTEC CIVILIZATION

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Made human sacrifices,
involving the removal of
beating hearts to appease to their many
gods

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AZTEC CIVILIZATION

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Practiced a highly organized system of government and language - Nahuatl.

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AZTEC CIVILIZATION

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Language of Aztec

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Nahuatl

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Aztec’s tools were made with

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obsidian and chert

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Aztec’s Axe blades, bows and arrows were being made with either

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stone or copper

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They were familiar with the
wheel. However, this was used
only in toys.

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AZTEC CIVILIZATION

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developed dugout
canoes with which they
transported themselves and
their goods throughout the
many canals, lakes, and waterways found in
the Valley of Mexico.

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Aztecs

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Their astronomy heavily
reflected on their gods.

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Aztec

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They were advanced in the
development of medicine
like ointments, drinks, and
salves.

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Aztec

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This spectacular area of Aztec
technology has been
recorded in the __________________, created by Aztec artists in 1552.

A

Badianus Manuscript

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Flourished in the Andean region of South America from the early 15th century AD

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INCA CIVILIZATION

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One of the Inca civilization’s
most famous surviving
archaeological sites is _____________, built as a retreat
place for an Incan emperor.

A

Machu Picchu

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Their empire was Tawantinsuyu, the “Land of the Four Corners,” the largest empire in pre-Columbian America

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INCA CIVILIZATION

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Tawantinsuyu means

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Land of the Four Corners

38
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official language of Inca Civ. was

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Quechua

39
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Inca is the modern day

A

Peru

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They are rich in maize (corn)
and dried llama, coca leaves
and alcohol

A

Inca

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Coca leaves were used to
lessen hunger and pain during
work, but mostly used for
religious and health purposes as well as during surgeries as an anesthetic

A

Inca

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Q

Mummification of individuals
was an important part of _____
funerary rites

A

Inca

43
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In Inca, ________is described as being the “month of carrying the dead,” a time when people would try to feed the mummies of their ancestors.

A

November

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In Inca, _______ was their finest grade of cloth, being reserved for the emperor and nobility

A

Cumpi

45
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In Inca, objects were made out of

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gold and silver

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The _________ was
essentially lunisolar, as two
calendars were maintained in
parallel, one solar and one
lunar. Equinoxes, solstices,
and Venus cycles are
observed.

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Inca calendar

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  • assemblages of
    knotted strings used as mnemonic devices
    or to record numerical data, and also believed to record history and literature.
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Quipu

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Quipu

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Inca

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They made many discoveries in
medicine, and performed
successful skull surgeries.

A

Inca

50
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In Inca, the most basic unit of distance was

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thathiy or thatki, or one pace

51
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Inca weaponry included:

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Bronze or bone-tipped spears; two-handed wooden swords with serrated edges; clubs with stone and spiked metal heads; woollen slings and stones; bolas (stones fastened to lengths of cord)

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