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Chapter 6 (the americas)
Pre European Contact - N&S American Civilizations
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History
Undergraduate 1
03/20/2011

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Olmec
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Yukitan Penisula - earthen pyramids, stone tools, carved 10 ft. stone heads, ball courts, traded rubber.
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Zapotek
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tribe of 20k, lived atop at 1200 ft. mountian.
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Teothuacan
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Captial city of meso america, massive pyramid, trade center, utilized "chinampas".
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Mayans
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Guatemala - Traded cacaos, obsidian. Calendar, Mathmatics, astrological experts.
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18 Rabbit
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Mayan leader who had a large palace built in his honor.
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Ameriandians
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The first people to cross over into the new world as nomads. Smi-sedentary, moving from one place to another.
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Cahokia
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Missippi river valley peoples. Built large serpant mounds, traded rubber, maize,.
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Ana Sazi
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South West American tribe who lived in the cliffs and adobe huts.
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Tikal
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tall, stepped, stone pyramid.
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Quetzalcoatl
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Cult that evolved
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Itzamna
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Mayan supreme god "lizard house"
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Huitsilopochtli
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God of high noon - patron deity, symbol of the Azteks them selves.
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Quetzalcoatl
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Aztek supreme god - Feathered serpent, Much like Shiva.
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Aztek Cosmology
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The belief in the material and devine worlds.
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Aztek Cosmology
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The belief in the material and devine worlds.
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Inca
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Modern day peru - set up roads for communication, war nation, used Quipu to record data.
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Quipu
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Incan use of knotted cords used to record data.
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El Ninio
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Weather pattern that is blamed for drying the Moche tribal area leading to collapse.
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Moche
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Northern Peru, foothills of Andes - 10,000 strong, two massive 15 acre adobe pyramids, Artizans, warriors.
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Cahoka
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largest city in n. america until philly. many large mounds, center for trade.
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The Anasazi
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w of mississippi river. Navajo for "the ancient ones" they mastered irrigation, grew squash, beans. elaborate roads,
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