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What order did the tribes come in from oldest to youngest |
Olmec Maya's Incas Aztecs |
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Where were the Olmec located |
Rainforest of Mexico what yers |
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What years were the Olmec here? |
1400 BC - 500 BC |
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What were some of the art and architecture of the Olmec |
Big stone heads |
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Where were the Maya's located |
Mexico, on the yucatan peninsula |
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What years were the Maya's here |
300 AD - 900 AD |
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What was some of the architecture of the Maya's |
Temples, simple to the ziggurat |
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What kind of writing did the Mayans have? |
Glyph writing |
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Who had the calendar and what was so great about it? |
It was 365 days a year, like ours and it had a leap year, advanced, etc. |
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What religion did the Mayans have |
They were polytheistic |
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What government did the Mayans have |
They had city states |
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How did they Mayans adapt to their environment |
They used slag and burn farming |
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Where were the Aztecs located |
Mexico |
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What years were the Aztecs here |
1200 - 1521 |
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What was some of the architecture the Aztecs had |
Temple for prayer and human sacrifice Chinapas- floating gardens to farm and expand land |
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What kind of writing did the Aztecs have |
Glyph writing |
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What did the Aztecs also have |
A calendar |
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What religion did the Aztecs have |
They were monotheistic and sacrificed humans to the sun god. |
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What kind of government did the Aztecs have |
Empire with tributary states |
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How did the Aztecs adapt to geography |
They used floating gardens to expand their land and farm, since they had more water than land |
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Where were the incas located |
Peru in South America on top of the Andes mountains |
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What years were the incas here |
1438- 1535 |
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What kind of architecture did the incas have |
Terrace farming, and buildings on mountains |
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What kind of writing did the incas have |
They had no written language |
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Quipu |
Kept record of everything on knotted string since they did not have any form of writing |
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What kind of religion did the incas have |
They were polytheistic and they believed in mummification |
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What kind of government did the incas have |
And empire |
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Who had roads |
The incas |
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How did the incas adapt to there environment |
They had terrace farming - making steps in the sides of the Andes mountains and farming on them |
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Where were the Inuits located |
Alaska Canada and Greenland |
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Where were the Inuits located |
Alaska Canada and Greenland |
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What was the Inuits geography like |
Tundra, cold |
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Where were the Inuits located |
Alaska Canada and Greenland |
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What was the Inuits geography like |
Tundra, cold |
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How did the Inuits adapt to their environment |
They made igloos, used dog sleds, made snow shoes, and used kayaks |
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Where were the Inuits located |
Alaska Canada and Greenland |
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What was the Inuits geography like |
Tundra, cold |
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How did the Inuits adapt to their environment |
They made igloos, used dog sleds, made snow shoes, and used kayaks |
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What food source did the Inuits have |
Seals Fish (ice fished) Deer |
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Where were the Inuits located |
Alaska Canada and Greenland |
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What was the Inuits geography like |
Tundra, cold |
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How did the Inuits adapt to their environment |
They made igloos, used dog sleds, made snow shoes, and used kayaks |
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What food source did the Inuits have |
Seals Fish (ice fished) Deer |
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Where were the Iroquois located |
New York |
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What were some geographical features of the Iroquois |
4 seasons Forest |
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What were some geographical features of the Iroquois |
4 seasons Forest |
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How did the Iroquois adapt to their environment |
By building long houses out of trees |
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What were some geographical features of the Iroquois |
4 seasons Forest |
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How did the Iroquois adapt to their environment |
By building long houses out of trees |
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What else did the Iroquois do |
They farmed |
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What were some geographical features of the Iroquois |
4 seasons Forest |
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How did the Iroquois adapt to their environment |
By building long houses out of trees |
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What else did the Iroquois do |
They farmed |
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Where were the Great Plains located |
The Dakotas |
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What were some geographical features of the Iroquois |
4 seasons Forest |
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How did the Iroquois adapt to their environment |
By building long houses out of trees |
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What else did the Iroquois do |
They farmed |
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Where were the Great Plains located |
The Dakotas |
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What are the geographical features of the Great Plains |
Flat grass |
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What were some geographical features of the Iroquois |
4 seasons Forest |
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How did the Iroquois adapt to their environment |
By building long houses out of trees |
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What else did the Iroquois do |
They farmed |
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Where were the Great Plains ( Comanche )located |
The Dakotas |
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What are the geographical features of the Great Plains (Comanche) |
Flat grass |
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What else did the Great Plains (Comanche) have |
They had tepees They hunted and gathered They were nomads |
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Where were the Anasazi located |
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado |
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What are some of the geographical features of the southwest Anasazi |
Hot desserts, cliffs |
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How did the Anasazi adapt to their environment |
By living in cliffs |
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How did the Anasazi adapt to their environment |
By living in cliffs |
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Additionally facts about the Anasazi |
They farmed |
