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who was the Olmecs
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first civilization in Mexico (1200 to 400BCE)
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Olmecs famous carvings
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stone heads (7 feet tall) southern Mexico in Veracruz
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where is Teothucan
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anciant Pre-Aztec city in Mexico, BCE 1-200 (collaps 7th century)
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Teothucan population
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100,000 to 200,000 people
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size of Teothucan
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9 miles square city well designed on grid, Avenue of the Dead between Pyramids of the sun and Pyramid of the moon
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what composes the Mayan Universe
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three layers= upper (heavens), middle (earth), lower (underworld). masters at arithmetic and astronomy. Wacah ahan (world tree)
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why blood-letting
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feed and appease the spiritual world.
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where is Tikal
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Guatemala
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Mayans
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230 feet, steeper than other temples
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temples
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rooster comb design for throne at the top
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Mayans= Jaguars
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have keen sight, strength, adapt to any environment, mysterious
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Pacal
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ruler of Tikal
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tomb decoration
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inscriptions with history of kings, relief carvings of focal falling from Wacah Chan
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Aztec master leader
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1398-1469 Moctezuma 1. extreme blood-letting/1466-1520 Moctezuma 2 or Montezuma, last great Aztec Emperor
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goal of Aztec boys
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to become warriors
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how do Aztec boys gain honor
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to die in battle
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who were Monche
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early Peruvian dessert dwellers. north coast of Peru (100-700 A.D.)
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what is Huaca del Sol
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Pyramid of the sun in Peru, made of 143 million sun bricks.
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what is the Inca capital?
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Cuzco around 1300CE, 100,000 people
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where is the Inca capital
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located in Peru on a broad open valley between the Andes in Lake Titicara
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what is Machu Pichu
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fortified city, in the Andes used for monarch retreat or religious rites
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how did Machu Pichu survive
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small size and remote location saved it from Conquistador distraction
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who made the totem pole
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native north americans
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purpose of the totem pole
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to honor leaders or a clan and to elevate animal emblem to the tribe
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what happened to Aztecs and Incas
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defeated by the Spanish conquistadors, Cortez, in the North, Pizzaro in Peru
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why mounds
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used to burry dead
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where were the mounds
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Mississippi and Ohio river basins
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Serpent mounds
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Serpent in Aden, Ohio
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what happened to the buffalo
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killed by hunters moving west in the 1870's
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Potach
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cerimonial fest to honor an occasion like marriage
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why is Africa difficult to study
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diversity, stereotypes, primitive motives
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what were stateless societies
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no single head of state, community participation
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what is pantheism
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God is everything especially nature
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who are Orisa
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lesser gods or Yoruba tribe SW Africa. general believe in one high god, but more to be feared than welcomed. resulted in worshiping lesser manifestations of spirits
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what are African/Coptic controversy
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discussion of the divinity of jesus.
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Coptic christians believed
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Jesus was God
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what Muslims settled in North Africa
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shiites
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Asante gold weights
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even daily use items show African artistic inspiration
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how many slaves overall exported to New World
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100,000 a year in lathe 18th century, 11 million total
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