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?