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23 Cards in this Set
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what was the key for pre-columbian civilization?
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maize
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list several reasons why the renaissance encouraged american exploration
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kings lookinig for wealth, nobles looking for royal patronage, desire to end Italian dominance of wealth,
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List the five mesoamerican civilizations and their times
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olmec (1000 BC), teotihuacan (300-700 AD), mayan (300-900), toltec (750-1000), aztec (1325-1521)
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list the two important north american civilizations and their times
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mound builders' (700 BC), Anasazi (500 AD)
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list three Andean cultures and their times
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Chavin (700BC), Moche (200BC-700AD), Inca (1100-1532)
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what do we know about the Olmecs?
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built stone heads and giant pyramids
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who did the Teotihuacans worship?
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Quetzacoatl, a feathered serpent
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how many days did the Mayan year have?
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260
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what number was Mayan math based on?
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20
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list three facts about the Mayans
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they developed an ideographic writing system and a civilization in an inhospitable land and 'slash-and-burn' techniques
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what was the ceremonial center of the Mayans? What was the population?
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Tikal, 40,000
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what title did the Toltec's take?
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what was the language of the Aztecs?
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Nahuatl
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who did the Aztecs worship? Who was it related to?
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Huitzilopchtl, Tezcatlipoca
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what was the population of Tenochtitlan?
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500,000
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what was the population of the aztec empire?
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5 million people
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what happened to the Aztecs in the 1400s?
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severe drought
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when did Henry Hudson initiate trade?
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1609
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when was the dutch New York founded?
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1614
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why was the St. Lawerence River important?
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far from the spanish, easy to defend, site in good fur country
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who founded St. Lawerence and New France?
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Samuel De Champlain
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what are the two types of English colonies?
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Royal and Proprietary
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when was the Virginia company incorporated?
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1606
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