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39 Cards in this Set
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The Mayas' civilization developed in ____ Mexico and ____ America
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Southern
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The Mayan way of life was based on ...
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farming
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The Mayans existed from about AD ____ to AD ____.
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300 to 900
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The Mayans grew crops such as b__, s__, p__, but their most important crop was....
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beans, squash, peppers
corn |
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Another name for corn is ....
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maize
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The Mayans farmed by clearing the forest by burning it and then working the cleared land, a method called....
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slash and burn agriculture
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Mayans worshipped the forces of ___ and they held great ____.
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nature
festivals |
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The temples of worship for the Mayans were typically on top of ____ in the centers of their ____
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pyramids
cities |
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Each Mayan city has ___ ruler and ____ and nobles assisted in ruling.
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one
priest |
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Mayan people of power lived in ____ houses in the city while the less important people lived ____ where the farms were.
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large
on the outskirts of the city |
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Mayan priests created a ____ to plan their religious festivals.
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calendar
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Mayans developed a system of ____ with signs ans ymbils known as ____.
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writing
hieroglyphs |
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In AD ____, the Mayans left their ___ for some mysterious reason, maybe because of c ___ f___, w____, d____, d___, or f___.
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900
cities crop failure, war, drought, disease, famine |
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The Mayans lived on the _____ Peninsula
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Yucatan
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A major Mayan city was called ______ which is present-day Guatemala
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Tikal
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The Mayan population was around ____ about 600-7o00 AD
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60000
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The Mayans had a counting system of ___ (5s) and ____ (singles)
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bars
dots |
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After the Mayans came another civilization in ____ America called the____ who arrived around ____ AD
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Middle
Aztecs 1100 |
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The Aztecs eventually controlled all the land between the Gulf of ____ and the _____ Ocean and their capital city was called ______ built on Lake Texcoco..
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Mexico
Pacific Tenochtitlan |
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Tenochtitlan had _____ style temples, palaces, and _____ ____ houses.
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pyramid
large stone |
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______ crisscrossed the city Tenochtitlan. A ___ (a raised street of hard earth), connected the city with the mainland.
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Canals
Causeway |
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To get more farmland, the Aztecs built ___ ___. They even built ____ to carry water from the mainland to the city.
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floating gardens
aqueducts |
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The Aztecs were ____ people. In the ____, they began controlling and conquering all the other people in the region.
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warlike
1400s |
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The Aztecs forced conquered peoples to pay ____ or taxes to them in the form of ___, ____, or ____.
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tributes
food, gold, slaves |
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The Aztecs believed in ____ sacrifices. They believed that it gave the ____ strength
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human
sun |
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The Aztecs believed that the sun need a human sacrifice to ____ every day, to make the crops ___ and so people won't ______. In hard times they sacrificed someone from a ____ family.
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rise
grow starve noble |
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The upper class of the Aztecs consisted of ____ leaders, _____ family, priests, and nobles
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military
royal |
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The second class of Aztecs were the _____ and then the a____ and f____.
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warriors
artisans farmers |
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Mayans worshipped hundreds of ____ and they believed the ______ would ____ the favor of the gods and bring victory in wars and _____ crops.
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gods
ceremonies win good |
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_______ ruled the Aztec world between 1502 and 1520
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Moctezuma
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After the Aztecs came the _____ empire around ____ AD and covered about 2500 miles from Ecuador through P___, B___, A____, and ____ C____
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Incan
1200 Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile |
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The Incan capital was called ____ and was in the ____ mountains.
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Cuzco
Andes |
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The Incan ruler was called the ___ _____ thought to be descended from the ____ god. He owned all the ____ and he divided it
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Sapa Inca
sun land |
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Incan rules wanted to ______ the empire and its people. Their language was __________.
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unify
Quechua |
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In newly conquered Incan lands ___ and ____ were taught and the people paid ____.
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customs
laws taxes |
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Incan men and women worked for the ____ , which cared for the ___, the ___ and the ____.
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government
poor sick elderly |
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_____ were knotted strings that the Incas used to keep detailed _____ such as births, deaths, and ____ and ____
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Quipus
information taxes harvests |
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Incas built a large system of ____ and ____. Only ____ and ____ were allowed to use this system.
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roads and bridges
soldiers and government |
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Incan roads allowed the _____ to travel quickly in times of _____. They were great _____ or builders. They even changed the direction of _____.
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Army
trouble engineers rivers |
