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Where is the Olmec Civilization found?

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The gulf of Mexico

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The first signs of civilization in Mesoamerica.

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Olmec Culture

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An archaelogist, one of the pioneers in the search of origins of humankind in Africa, suggested that the first hominids have arrived in America as long as 100,000 years ago.

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Louis Leakey

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The scholars today estimated that the first Americans were who?

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Homo Sapiens Sapiens

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A landbridge that connects the continents of Asia and North America.

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Bering Strait

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Early people in America are referred today as?

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Amerindians

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The 3 sophisticated societies. These are the key areas of development.

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Plateu of central Mexico,
Lowlands regions along the gulf of Mexico that extends to Modern Guatemala and
Central Andes Mountains adjacent to the pacific coast of South America

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It is the place where the first corn appeared.

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Tehuacan Valley

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Before corn, it was a wild Mexican grass called what? It is also the origin of corn.

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Teosinte

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Olmec Civilization are found here.

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Gulf of Mexico, South of Veracruz

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These are undeciphered and may be the ancestor of the first true writing system in the Americas.

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Hieroglyphics of Olmec

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They produce a serious of massive stoneheads.

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Skilled artisans

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They support themselves primarily by cultivating crops such as corn and beans. They also engaged in fishing and hunting.

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Olmec People

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What is the ball in the ceremonial game made out of?

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Sap of a local rubber tree

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What does Olmec mean?

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People of the land of rubber

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It is what you call the sap of a rubber tree.

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Latex

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The Olmec Civilization collapsed in what century?

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Around the 4th century

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They are the people in Monte Alban.

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Zapotecs

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It is a place being overlooked by Monte Alban. It is also in the central Mexico.

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Oaxaca

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Another name for sacred mountains. Majority of the population of Zapotecs live here.

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Danibaan

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The government of Monte Alban is what?

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Theocratic

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What are the 2 classes that rule the Zapotecs?

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Priests and Elite Class of Nobles

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The population that is being ruled composed mainly of what classes?

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Farmers and Artisans

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They are America’s first metropolists.

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Teotihuacan

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A liquor extracted from the agave plant. Used in religious ceremonies.
Pulque
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It is a material used to make houses and other building structures.
Stucco
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The soil here are rich in nutrients.
Northeast of Mexco City
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They are swampy islands criss-crossed by canals that provided water for their crops.
Chinampas
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They were called the Mother Culture.
Olmec
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It is the present day State of Guatemala and Yukatan Penninsula.
Maya
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This word originated from the Mayan word kakaw.
Cacao
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What do you call the fruit of the kakaw tree? It was used as currency in the markets throughout the region.
Cocoa Beans
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The pulp of the cocoa beans is made into what?
Fermented Beer
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It is a classic sauce that includes unsweetened chocolate and chilly peppers.
Mole
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One of the large urban centers. May had 100,000 inhabitants.
Tikal
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He ordered the construction of a grand palace.
18 Rabbit
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These are the materials used in making houses on the chinampa plants and terrace hills.
Adobe and Thatch
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He became king of palenque through the royal line of his mother and grandmother.
Pacal
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She became the divine representation of the first mother goddess.
Mother of Pacal
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What is Mayan's religion.
Polytheistic
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What is the name of the supreme god.
Itzamna
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What does Itzamna mean?
Lizard House
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Were evil rather than good.
Jaguar god of night
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The common way of sacrificing.
Decapitation
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The hierogylphic are described as these.
Ideographic and Phonetic
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These are the place where they write official records.
Deer skin and strips of tree bark
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When this planet appears Mayan people prepare for war.
Venus
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It is a system of calculating time that is based on the lunar calendar.
Long Count
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Our calendar is based on what?
Western Solar-based Gregorian Calendar
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These are the 2 city states that also wage in war.
Calakmul and Tikal
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Near Tikal and supplies them water.
Lake Peten
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He was from teotehuacan. He is a toltecs.
Kukulcan
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They continued to prosper.
Chichen Itza and Ukzmal
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A deity in a form of a feather serpent that promised that he will someday return to reclaim his homeland.
Quetzalcoatl
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The place that is the Aztec's homeland that was based on a folk legend. The name Aztec came from this place.
Aztland
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Sun god of Aztecs
Huitzilopochtli
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Capital city of the Aztecs
Tenochtitlan
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In the middle of this lake, the capital of the Aztecs is found here. What is the name of the lake?
Texcoco
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Sacred book of the ancient Maya. An account of Mayan history and religious beliefs.
Popul Vuh
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Spoken language of the Maya
Quiche
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The Forefathers
Gucumatz, the creator, the maker Tepeu
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The heart of heaven
Caculha Huracan Chipi-Caculha Raxa-Caculha
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Most important government official in the provinces of Aztecs
Tax collectors
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Kinship group of the commeners of Aztecs
Capullis
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Rain god of Aztecs
Tlalok
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Supreme deity
Ometeotl
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What do you call the ceremonial ball game?
Pokatok
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The place that is the Aztec's homeland that was based on a folk legend. The name Aztec came from this place.
Aztland
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Sun god of Aztecs
Huitzilopochtli
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Capital city of the Aztecs
Tenochtitlan
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In the middle of this lake, the capital of the Aztecs is found here. What is the name of the lake?
Texcoco
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Sacred book of the ancient Maya. An account of Mayan history and religious beliefs.
Popul Vuh
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Spoken language of the Maya
Quiche
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The Forefathers
Gucumatz, the creator, the maker Tepeu
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The heart of heaven
Caculha Huracan Chipi-Caculha Raxa-Caculha
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Most important government official in the provinces of Aztecs
Tax collectors
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Kinship group of the commeners of Aztecs
Capullis
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Rain god of Aztecs
Tlalok
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Supreme deity
Ometeotl
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What do you call the ceremonial ball game?
Pokatok

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