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| What mountain ranges are on the West and East of the Plateau of Mexico? |
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Sierra Madre occidental: Left
Sierra Madre Oriental:Right |
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| To the bottom right of the Andes |
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| What desert is in the middle of the Andes? |
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| What is the Plateau in middle SA |
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| Where are the Guiana highlands? |
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| To the right of the amazon basin |
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First civilization, hot humid rain forest, traded from CA to Mexico City, elite ruling class, nature gods, jaguar, ritual ball games. |
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| Center of Oaxaca Valley, scattered villages, pyramids, temples, fertile soil, valley, calendar, observatory hieroglyphics, traded alot |
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| Fertile soil, had obsidein, very valuable glass, extended to Central America-trade network, multiple gods |
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| Warlike people, god of war who demanded sacrifice. |
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| on northern highlands, ice and snow, primarily religious, seen in pottery, textiles, stone |
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| dry terrain, irrigation, 20 minutes of rain a year, made pottery and textiles, had a water cult, made symbols in the ground called the Nazca lines, ideas spread all through out South America, famous pottery and textiles |
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| near rivers, fertile soil, irrigation systems, corn beans potatoes, very wealthy civilization |
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EC:agriculture, cleared land by burning crops
Tech:pyrmaid, organized labour, building materials
Relig: jaguar god, nature o animal spirits, war, rain
Gov:head ruler-god holy figure, city states
planned cities-each city center had presiding officer, marker for temple, 5 cities
system of communication: creation story, hieroglyphics, wrote down history
achievements: number system, time record,days of Mayan calender
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Ec:trade, gold silver, judges dealed with problems, demanded gold from captured lands
Relig:sun god, nature spirits, sacrifice
Gov:giant crowns: Kings, military leadrs, artisans, slaves
Tech: islands-floating gardens-canals, irrigation
plann:land bridges, central marker
com:pictures not writing, no written lang, #'s
achieve:calenders |
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Ec:trade, loved gold, socialism
Relig: beleived in afterlife, sun god, animal sac
gov: forceful fearless leader,gov controlled all
soc:king, chiefs, priests, citizens
tech:terraces for growing, built on peaks, created steps
cities:temples, central plaza, public buildings
com:visually recording numbers, for gov
Ach:clear road system, long, postal |
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| god, glory, sailed all around world, earth no longer flat |
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| conquered the Aztecs, glory, gold |
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| gold, toppled the Incan empire |
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| gold, through usa, spain then assigned priests to visit |
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Samuel Eliot Morison: strong supporter
De las casas: missionary dude |
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100,000 african slaves rose up against their masters
Toussaint became skilled general and freed all slaves, once captured, Dessalines took his place and declared independence in 1804 |
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| Hidalgo got a bunch of people to revolt, defeated then led by Morales, then defeated, then by de Iturbide after he changed sides, CA dif country than spain |
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| Portugal ran from Brazil for fourteen years, Brazil wanted independence |
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