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M2S2 Part 1 Flashcards

1
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what does mesoamerica mean?

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Middle America

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2
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3 Major Civilization:

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Maya
Inca
Aztec

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civilization lasted 2,000 years

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mayan civilization

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one of the most advanced societies in MesoAmerica

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Mayan Civilization

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Mayan Civilization are known for what?

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  1. works on astornomy
  2. predicting eclipses
  3. calendar systems
  4. hydraulics system
  5. Mayan Heirogliphics
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6
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sun is located directly at the top during Spring or Fall Equinoxes

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Chichen Itza

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one of the world’s first civilizations to use a writing system known as the Mayan Heiroglyphics (Pictographs Writing)

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Mayan civilization

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useful for planning their activities and in observing their religious rituals and cultural celebrations

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Mayan Calendar

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9
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The most popular ball game where players struck the ball with their hips and are not allowed to use their hands

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Pok-Ta-Pok

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10
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extensive irrigation system, fed by nine streams that ran though Palenque to the fields below

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Hydraulics System

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11
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made advanced scientific ideas considering their limitations as an old civilization

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Inca Civilization

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Inca Civilization is known for:

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  • roads paved with stones
  • stone buildings that surmounted earthquakes
  • first suspension bridge
  • Quipu
  • Inca textiles
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13
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finished with precisely arranged paving stones or cobbles

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Inca Road System

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can surmount earthquakes and other disasters

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Inca Stone Buildings

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were an integral part of the Inca road system and exeplify Inca innovation in engineering

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suspension bridge

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why were suspension bridges useful to the Inca people

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they did not use wheeled transport

17
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The Inca poeple used them for collecting data and keeping records, monitoring tax obligations, properly collection census records, calendrical information, and for military organization

18
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came to symbolize both wealth and status, fine cloth could be used as both a tax and currency

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Inca Textiles

19
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became amongst the most prized of all possessions, even more precious than gold or silver

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Inca Textiles

20
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has also made substantial contribution to science and technology

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Aztec Civilization

21
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Aztec Civilization is known for:

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  • Mandatory education
  • Chocolates
  • Antipasmodic medication
  • Chinampa
  • Aztec Calendar
  • Invention of the Canoe
22
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made from the cacao tree

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Aztec Chocolate

23
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cacao tree is known to the Aztecs as what

24
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believed to help relieve insomnia, elipsy, and high blood pressure

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Antipasmodic Medication

25
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Given to patients before surgery to relax muscles and prevent muscle spasms

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Antipasmodic Medication

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