The First Americans Flashcards
What is Horticulture?
The cultivation of plants.
What did the Maya develop an interest for?
Art and science.
Who did the Maya succeed?
The Olmec. The Maya controlled their territory as well as their lands that are now Guatemala and Honduras.
What did Maya scholars do?
They wrote elaborate manuscripts with pictures and symbols using the bark of wild fig trees.
What does the name Anasazi mean?
Anasazi means “ancient enemy”
What are the Anasazi called?
- Ancestral Pueblo
2. Ancient Pueblo
What did the Anasazi people do?
At about A.D. 750 they began building above ground structures.
Who was the earliest Mesoamerican civilization?
The Olmec
Who were the Olmecs cultural influences?
From modern El Salvador and North Rio Grande into present United States.
What did the Olmec invent?
A kind of calendar and form of writing using symbols and glyphs.
Where and when did the Inca rise to power?
Early 1500’s in the Andes Mountains.
