History Flashcards
Chavin
Northern Highlands of Peru, polytheistic, pyramids, and mother culture of South America.
Zapotec
polytheistic, modern day Mexico, invented early forms of writing + calender, and fell because of loss of trade or economic reasons.
Nazca
Southern coast of Peru, polytheistic, invented irrigation systems and under ground canals, extremely dry climate
Moche
Northern coast of Peru, polytheistic, built irrigation systems, no written language.
Olmec
Gulf of Mexico, meso America’s mother culture, built pyramids and monuments, polytheistic
beginning people
They crossed the Bering strait. They followed the mammoth for food.
Nazca Lines
The Nazca lines were found in Peru. They were discovered when people started to fly in planes. They could have been made for irrigation, worshiping, and aligning with the stars.
