Textbook - Ch. 1 - The Americas, Europe, and Africa before 1492

Question 1

Where is Beringia?

Answer 1

A land bridge between Asia and North America

Question 2

What was Beringia like 10,000 years ago?

Answer 2

Researchers believe that humans also began the domestication of plants and animals, adding agriculture as a means of sustenance to hunting and gathering techniques.

Question 3

What does the textbook state about the Olmecs?

Answer 3

They were artists, dealing with art, pottery, sculpture, and architecture. They built aqueducts to transport water easier and grew maize, squash, beans, and tomatoes

Question 4

What does the textbook state about the Maya?

Answer 4

Architectural and mathematical geniuses. Perfected a calendar and written language the Olmecs started. Poor soil and drought eradicated their existence after 2 centuries

Question 5

What does the textbook state about the Aztecs?

Answer 5

Traveled south from Mexico City to build Tenochtitlan. Contained 200,000 habitants by the time Cortes arrived. Worshipped different Gods that ruled one element of the real world

Question 6

What does the textbook state about the Inca people? where do they live?

Answer 6

Had a travel system fit for pedestrians so soldiers could travel quickly. Inca gave to those who could not take care of themselves by charging a third of their crops to those in need. They lived 50 miles northwest of Peru