Mesoamerican Flashcards
What were the last two continents that were inhabited by humans other than Antarctica?
N. and S. America!
Who were the first people to reach the Americas?
Nomads from across the Berigia!
Why did people migrate south and east?
In search of food!
What did each culture in the Americas have its own?
Tools, language, religion, and art!
where did the Olmec civilization begin?
Alone the coast of the Gulf of Mexico!
What is the word that means middle America?
Mesoamerica!
Who used intercropping?
The Olmecs!
What is intercropping?
The practice of using many different crops to create fertile soil!
What does Olmec mean?
People from the land of rubber!
The Olmecs were the first to create what 3 things?
The calender, write hieroglyphics, and use a tumpline!
What is a tumpline?
A kind of sling used to carry heavy loads!
Why were the Olmecs known as the mother civilization?
Because many of their ideas were used
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/El_Castillo_Stitch_2008_Edit_1.jpg what is this picture of?
El Castillo
What was the game the Mayans played were they used a rubber ball and using their hip to shoot through a hoop?
Polk-da-polk!
What is the process called were you cut and burn part of the forest to provide land for growing crops?
The slash and burn process!
