Aztec, Inca, and Mayan – Flashcards
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Whats the Geography of Central America (Mayans) ? (Focus on Pros and Cons of environment)
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Land was heavily covered in rain forests.
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Explain the slash and burn method of farming
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The farmers would clear the trees and brush from the area. Then, they would burn them and mix ashes with soil to fertilize the soil. Then they planted different crops.
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Mayan Bueaty
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Flat foreheads were attractive. A squished skull head since they were a baby. They also had cross eyes. Feathers, Piercing, and drawing on face.
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Mayan Games
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The Mayans played a game called pok-a-tok. If you loose you get sacrificed. Even if you win you might too.
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Mayan Calender
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Mainly used to know when to plant crops.Also used to know when to do religious rituals. Predicted this "age" will end in December 2012.
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Explain how Mayan System of writing worked.
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Wrote using syllables and sounds not just pictures. Only people in the west to write like that. Common Phrases are: Bix a belex? (Hi, how are you?) Maloob. (I'm fine) Yum botic. (Thank you.)
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What were city-states?
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The Maya empire had many city-states each with their own ruler.
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How did Mayans worship their Gods? Describe the religious beliefs.
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Pray or offerings.
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Explain why and how the Mayans civilization collapsed before the Spanish.
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causeways, built on an island, canals for streets, boats used for transportation, removable bridges, grand temples
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Describe the ways in which the Inca adapted to their environment. Be able to explain terrace farming
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People in Europe originally thought that the war would be short and sweet and that it would end all the conflicts and oppression -Instead it was a long gruesome war and many people died -Some of the things that happened were women became largely involved in the work force, many countries became dictatorships just to be able to control the demand of continuous war, many countries became involved
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Know the location of the empire (Inca)
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Andes Mountain in South America
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Cultural achievements (stonework, roads, bridges). Be able to explain how these benefited their civilization.
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Stonework benefited its environment because they built strong stone houses. Built over mountains using bridges with no guard rails. Built to send messages and trade goods across the large empire.
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Who was Atahualpa and why was he important to the Inca civilization?
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Atahualpa was a priest. He held up the bible to hear if it made any sound when it didn't he picked it up and threw it on the ground.
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Explain and describe the ways in which the Aztecs adapted to their environment (chinampas).
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Limiting space but excellent farming. Tenochtitlan main Aztec city. Chinampas is a floating garden which was a place with not much land.
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How were they able to engineer an empire while living on an island?
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They used canals to go from one house to another.
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Why did religion and war go together so well for the Aztecs?
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They killed and sacrificed in order to keep their god happy.
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What were their religious beliefs? How did they worship their gods?
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Their main religious belief was blood. They sacrificed people and that was a way of worshiping their God.
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Who was Moctezuma, why is he important to Aztec history?
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Moctezuma was the Aztec emperor and one Aztec leader. Moctezuma thought that Hernan Cortez was a King so they gave him gifts including gold.
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Who was Francisco Pizzaro and how did he impact the Inca civilization?
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A Spanish Conquistador. He was claimed to be going to america to spread Christianity.
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Who was Hernan Cortez and how did he impact the Aztec civilization?
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A Spanish Conquistador that led a small group of conquistadors and he reached Mexico in 1519.
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Explain the factors that allowed for the Spanish to so easily destroy these ancient civilizations when the Spanish were the ones that were outnumbered.
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This was really easy for them because they had more advanced weapons like guns, 20 horses, and fighting dogs.
