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27 Cards in this Set
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This is a picture-symbol that represents
an object, idea, or sound |
Glyph
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What do you call a very long mountain range?
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Cordillera
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What do you call an area that is used for religious ceremonies by the ancient people of the Americas?
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Ceremonial center
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What is slash-and-burn farming?
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clearing of forest lands to gain new farmland
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This is the part of the Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; the climate is the warmest
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Tropical zone
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What do you call the area north and south of the Tropical zone?
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Temperate Zone
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What is another name for a temporary ruler?
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Regent
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What is another name for planting crops together?
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Intercropping
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What is a tumpline?
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It is a kind of sling that makes it easier for a person to carry heavy loads
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What is a cenote?
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a deep natural well
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This is a volcanic glass that ancient people often used for tools.
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Obsidian
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This is another name for the ruling class.
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Elite
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What was the most important Olmec god?
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Jaguar
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Was the region that the Mayas lived in very crowded or did it have a small population?
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Very crowded
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Where do archaeologists get their major source of information about the Mayas?
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glyphs
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What runs north and south through much of Central America?
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Mountains
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What do archaeologists believe that Olmec sstone heads were?
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Portraits of Olmec rulers
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What are the highest mountains in the Americas?
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Andes
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How did Olmec farmers make best use of the soil they had?
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Intercropping
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What did the Olmecs use to carve the giant heads?
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Basalt Rock
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What is important about San Lorenzo?
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It is the oldest known Olmec city.
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Why do the people of Central America farm near volcanoes?
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The soil is fertile there.
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What does the Isthmus of Panama connect?
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the continents of North and South America
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What is important about Tikal?
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It was the largest of the ancient Mayan cities.
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What were tumplines?
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The Olmecs used them to carry goods and workloads.
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What are some of the ways that the Mayan culture included the ideas and inventions of the Olmec culture?
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* They used the rainforest for food
*They used intercropping to keep their soil fertile. *They both worshipped many gods. *They both built temples,stone monuments and temples. |
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What are some important land and water features of North America?
- of Central America? - South Ameriaca? |
NA= forests, plains, woods, grasslands, mountain ranges, rivers
CA= mountains, lowlands, and rainforests SA= Andes Mountains, Atacama desert, tropical rainforesst, tropical grasslands |
