History II Lesson 14
Corn, Squash and Beans
What were the 'three sisters' crops that were the most important to the Iroquois?
Moche civilization developed around 300 A.D.
When did the Moche civilization develop?
They took the children and gave them to the capital to learn about their ways
What did the Inca do after conquering a new area?
Tula
What is the Toltec capital?
Roads
What set the Inca apart from other civilizations?
Human Sacrifice
What was practiced by the Maya to appease the gods and for special ceremonial occasions.
Corn and potatoes were grown in high altitude agriculture with an irrigation system, trade with food products, textiles, and pottery
What was the Inca economy based on?
200 B.C. - 600 B.C. from Chavin culture, we know this from pottery, but they were from Mexico
When and from where did the Nazca culture originate?
They probably practice religion outdoors, we know this because of the Nazca lines
Where did the Nazca probably practice religion and how do we know this?
Mexico City
Where is the Toltec capital located near present day?
Topa Inca and Huayna Capac Inca
Who extended the boundaries of the Inca Empire to include perhaps 12 million people?
Anasazi people
built a farming society housed in pueblos
The Plains Indians
farmed and hunted buffalo
Quipu Strings
How did Machu Picchu record their history?
They survived from farming and the Moche river
How did the Moche most likely survive
They didn't have a written language, we know about them from pottery and paintings
How do we know about the Moche civilization?
Pyramid
Maya cities were organized around central ___________ topped by a shire to the gods.
Towns People, merchants, traders and other people
Maya nobles ruled over priest like scribes, peasants farmers and who?
Itzamna
Maya religion had a supreme god called what?
Tetzcoco and Tlacopan
The Aztec in Tenochtitlan formed a Triple Alliance with what two other city-states?
Calendar
The Maya created an accurate ____________ based on cycles of creation and destruction.
Hieroglyphics
The Maya had a writing system based on _______ which they used to record their history
950 A.D. and 1150 A.D.
The Toltec civilization reached it's height between _____ and _______
Metal-working
The Toltec constructed pyramids and palaces and brought ________ to Mesoamerica.
War-like
The Toltec were a _________ people
The cities
The _______ of the Maya were built around central pyramids topped with shrines to the gods.
Hopewell
The ________ built cities along the Mississippi River
A prolonged drought caused a food shortage
The desert dwelling Anasazi abandoned Pueblo Bonito, a massive complex that housed over 1,000 people because of what?
Palenque
The most important collection of Maya history was found where?
the descendants of gods
The Aztec claimed to be ________________________________
Sun dried bricks and stones
What did the Anasazi people use to build their pueblos?
Valley of Mexico-much of Mexico, from Atlantic to Pacific and to the Guatemalan border
The Aztec were a civilization of up to 4 million people and lived in the _________
Good and Evil
According to the Aztec the destruction of the four worlds was caused by the never ending battle between _______________
Full-time farming
Around 1000 B.C. the Eastern Woodlands Indians settled in ________ villages.
Iroquois
Developed a representative government
365 day year
One Maya calendar was based off of what?
Priests
Only trained Maya __________ could read the calendar
War and slavery
Pachacuti conquered his region through what ways?
Ruled from the Atlantic to the Pacific and as far south as the Guatemalan border
The Aztec Triple Alliance formed between three city states that
Very large etchings in the ground and stone walls
What are the Nazca lines?
