History(chapter 10)
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__________ radically changed the two hemispheres
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Columbus voyage in 1492
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America got its name from___________
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Mapmakers wrongly believed Amerigo Vespucci saw parts of the New World before columbus
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columbus called the natives Indians because__________
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Thought he was in East Indies
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total population of Western Hemisphere in the 1400s
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70 million
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"Indian" was not_____________
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Term used by indigenous people that Columbus met in the New World
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Columbus was trying to reach______ on his voyage
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Asia
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The peoples of the Americas________
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Crossed into America from Russia Siberia
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Olmec cities did not feature
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Huge defensive walls
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Mounds began appearing in the Americas in __________
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2500
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The center of early Olmec culture was likely destroyed by
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900
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Largest city in the Norte Chico
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Caral
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___________ was not passed on to subsequent Mesoamerican societies from the Olmec
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egalitarian social structure
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colored threads/ strings used to record information
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khipu
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Richest concentration of mounds found in_______
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Ohio and Mississippi Valley
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The name Maya comes from_____________
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Zamna
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Scholars did not attribute the decline of Mayan civilization after about 900 CE to_________
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invaders from the south
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The entire Mayan region might have had around______ inhabitants
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14 million
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Mayans made notable intellectual achievements in the field of
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Astronomy, the recording of history, and mathematics
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document that gives us a Maya view of religion
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Popul Vuh
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largest Mayan religious ceremonial center located in
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Tikal
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Established the city of Tula
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Topiltzin
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Name Maya comes from
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Zamna
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the decline of the Mayan civilization was not due to
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invaders from the south
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Maya region had about ____________ people
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14 million
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Mayans made notablr intellectual achievements in___________
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astronomy, mathematics, the recording of history
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Gives maya view of creation, good and evil, purpose of life
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Popul Vuh
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largest Mayan religious and ceremonial center
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Tikal
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established the city of Tula
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Topiltzin
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early Mexica or Aztec people settled on
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Lake Texcacco
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Aztes sucecess in conquering Mexico is contributed to
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association of war as part of their faith
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the sun needed ___________ to keep moving
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human blood
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campaigns to gather sacrificial victims
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flower wars
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Huitzilopochtli
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Blue Hummingbird of the south
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feathered serpent god
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Quetzalcoatl
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capital city of the Aztecs
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Tenochitlitan
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head of family was a
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Warrior and provider
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In Aztec society, social status and mobility depended upon
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military performance
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Aztecs first king came from the
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Toltecs
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the tecuhtli were
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provincial governors
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in his first campaign if a boy captured a prisoner he would become a
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iyac
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Scholars believe Aztec Emperors
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were elected
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In Aztec society maceualtin
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considered military service an honor
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Andean agriculture depended on
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potatoes
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group that proceeded the Inca
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Moche and Chavin
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in the cult of the royal mummies the dead ruler ___________
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was carried at the head of armies
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name given to Incan Language
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Quechua
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Inca rulers sought to prevent rebellion by
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deporting conquered peoples to new areas
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aided in the growth of communication in the Inca Empire
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roads
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Inca king Atauhualpa encounteres the Spainard_____
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Pizarro
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served as social structure in Inca society
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ayllu
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mita
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the system of conscripting labor from villages
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during marriage ceremony the bride and groom exchange
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Sandals
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Spainards referred to the nobles of Inca society as
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Big ears
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The Curaces
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headmen
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the inca society
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required everyone to marry
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word for Inca nobility
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oregones
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greatest king of the Aztecs
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Montezuma
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Spanish leader that landed in Mexico
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Hernan Cortez
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Aztec god of rain
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Tlatelolco
