the teotihuacan

Question 1

where was teotihuacan

Answer 1

valley of central mexico

• used to be the site where several large lakes fed by waters coming off the surrounding mountains (lakes dried up now)
• attracted humans because of fish and water fowl
• also had transportation and fresh water

Question 2

irrigation?

Answer 2

no

-but they channeled mountain stream water s into their fields for agriculture

Question 3

Teotihuacan

Answer 3

large agricultural village that expanded into a 50,000 people city

Question 4

city’s 2 most prominent monuments

Answer 4

pyramids of the sun and moon

Question 5

pyramid of the sun

Answer 5

largest single structure in mesoamerica

Question 6

governent

Answer 6

theocracy-priests and deities

their books was destroyed in their decline so we wont know

Question 7

priests

Answer 7

kept the calendar and

-made sure planting and harvesting took place a t the right time

Question 8

2/3 of city population worked as :

Answer 8

working during the day in fields surrounding teotihuacan and returned to apartments at night

Question 9

Artisans

Answer 9

famous for obsidian tools and fine orange pottery that appealed to consumers far away

Question 10

military

Answer 10

none until 500 CE

-no defensive walls or warriors in pictures

Question 11

who did they build off of

Answer 11

the olmecs
like the mayas did 
-calendar
-ball
-system of writing

Question 12

Teotihuacan decline

Answer 12

increased military pressure from other people

-invaders sacked and burned the city-destorying books and monuments