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23 Cards in this Set
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Bering Straits
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land brige attaching Africa and Asia during the Ice Age.
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What was the path of Asian Hunters
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25,000 yrs ago, asian hunters crossed the Bering Straits following bison and mammoths
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Where did the Asian hunters eventually go?
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They spread throughout North America, Central America and the Caribbean Islands
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maize
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corn
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Mesoamerica
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present day Mexico and Central America
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pre-Columbian Civilizations
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they existed in the Americans before the arrival of Columbus 1492
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Where did the Mayan civilization begin?
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they began in the rainforests of present day Guatemala
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Where did the Mayans migrate?
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They went Northward to the Yucatan Peninsula which is present day Mexico
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Chichen Itza
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a well preserved Mayan city with many high stone pryamids
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Mayan Buildings
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huge cities in the jungle that had large palaces, temples and pyramids
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Mayan Writing Systems
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The Mayans developed a complex hieroglyphics, which was their writing system using pictures
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Mayan Math and science
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developed a complex numbering system starting with zero. Their calendar consisted of 365 days
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Mayan Artists
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Painted colorful murals to decorate their pyramids palaces and temples
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Aztecs
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several Native American groups living in Central Mexico from 1300. They fought to conquer other people of the region
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Aztecs beliefs
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They believed in the sun god that needed blood to move across the sky. They sacrificed humans from other nations.
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Inca Empire
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1200-1535 settled along the Pacific coast and the Andes Mountains of South America.
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Where did the Incas move?
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Across the Andes into present day Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile
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What did the Incas build?
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stone roads stretching thousands of miles to unite their empire
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Incas quipi
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bundles of knotted colored ropes to count and keep records
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What were the Incas crops?
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potatoes and root crops that resisted cold
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What was the Incas animals
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Ilamas and alpacas for their food and wool
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Inca buildings
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vast stone buildings high in the Andes
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Machu Picchu
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an ancient Inca fortress city high in the Andes Mountains, made of stone fitting together
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