Reports 1_ Civilizations Flashcards
Mayan Civilization began as early as _________It was first discovered by ______________ - an American traveler and archaeologist
1500 BCE
John Lloyd Stephens
The Ancient Mayans developed the _____________, __________ and __________.
science of astronomy
calendar systems
and hieroglyphic writing
The Mayans developed one of the most sophisticated writing systems in the ancient world.
Hieroglyphic Script
Their hieroglyphic script,
composed of over ____________, was used to record historical events, astronomical
observations, and religious texts
800 symbols
Throughout Mayan lands, priests studied the sky from observatories. They relied on simple methods, such as looking through a _____________
forked stick
The Mayans recorded the movement of the ____________with such detail that they calculated the changing phases of the moon and the orbit of Venus to almost perfect accuracy
stars and planets
The Maya sacred calendar is called ____________ and
Tzolk’in in Yucatec
Chol Q’ij in K’iche
‘ Mayan
The capital of Inca Empire is called
Cuzco
The city in the sky is called
Machu Picchu
The Sun God had a son named
Manco Capac
In 1483 the Inca set out from their base in Cuzco, they had thirteen (13) emperors during their reign. It also called
“Land of the Four Quarters”
The Inca also developed sophisticated calendars, elaborate textiles, functional and decorative ceramics, surgical techniques, productive terrace agriculture and the use of coca leaves as medicine and in religious ceremonies. They also practiced _____________of their dead
mummification
Aztec is a___________-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico.
Nahuatl
The name Aztec is derived from Atlanta translated as
(“White Land”, Land of White Herons”, or “Place of Herons”).
____________ ancient capital of of the Aztec empire which is height comprised roughly five to six million people spread over some 80,000sq mi (200, 000 sq km), was made possible by their successful agricultural methods including, intensive cultivation, irrigation and reclamation of methods.
Tenochtitlan
Mandatory education and invention of the canoe
Aztec Culture
Aztec Religion - was asyncretic drawing especially on the beliefs of the Maya. Prominent in the Aztec pantheon were _____________. The Aztec practiced and sacrifice, an activity that sometimes reached mass proportions
Huitzilochti “god of war;
Tonatiuhi, god of the sun;
Tlaloc, god of the rain; Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, who was part deity and part culture hero
a form technology used for agricultural farming where the land was divided in rectangular areas surrounded by canals.
Chinampa
dating system on the Mayan calendar and used in the valley of Mexico before the destruction of the aztec empire. Aztec calendar consisted of a ritual cycle of 260 days and a 365 day civil cycle
Aztec calendar
The name Olmec is an Aztec word meaning the _________;
the Olmec made and traded rubber throughout Mesoamerica.
rubber people
The Olmecs were the first central american civilization who
achieved a lot. They were talented __________, _________ and ___________ who were very religious
sculptors, artist, and architects
The Olmec religion was
Polytheistic
The civilization of _______________ is one of the world’s oldest and most influential civilizations, with a rich history dating back over 5,000 years.
China
China has a rich philosophical tradition that includes
___________, ___________and ___________ which have profoundly shaped Chinese society and culture
Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism
