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The Mayas were from what time period?
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600 B.C.
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How many Mayas where there at 700 B.C.?
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1,000,000
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What where the 3 types of victims were used in the human sacrafice (mayas)?
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1)POW (prisoners of war)
2)Warriors 3)Virgins |
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What were the Virgins thrown in, and what were the 2 types of em?
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Cenote
1)Drinking Water 2)Sacrificing Virgins |
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What buildings did the Mayas build?
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1) Temples
2) Pyramids 3) Palaces 4) Observatories |
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what is the Chichen Itza?
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the name of the mayan pyramid
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How many steps are there total on the Chichen Itza?
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365 (90x90x90x90 + 1)
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What 3 things did they discover without a telescope?
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1)Equinoxes
2)Solstices 3)Planets |
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What is Polytheistic mean?
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That they believe in many Gods
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What 4 foods did the mayans eat?
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1)Corn
2)Beans 3)Chiles 4)Squash |
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What did the mayans wear and sleep on?
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Wore cotton clothes, sandals, and slept on hammocks
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What 2 math things did the mayans discover?
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The zero and Decimal Point
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What was so special about the mayan 365 day calender?
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They didnt need a leap year
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What type of language did the mayans have?
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Written language
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What was their Hierarchy like?
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Priest + Nobles =10%
Skilled Laborers Peasants |
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Why did the mayan craft art, and what metals did they use?
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They did it for Art sake and they used Gold and Silver for jewerly
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Why did the Mayan empire collapse?
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1) Solcial Unrest (Peasants vs. Eliets)
2) Population Growth 3) Poor agricultural techniques a)Slash and burn b)Didnt rotate crops |
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Where did the mayans mainly live?
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Yucatan Peninsula, some in guatemala, belice, honduras
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What time period was the Aztecs?
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600 B.C.
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their highest population was in what year and how many?(aztecs)
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1519 - 5,500,000
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What were the 4 types crimes that put you on the death penalty?
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1)murder
2)adultery 3)harvesting unripe corn 4)transvestite |
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What kind of Society did the Aztecs have?
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socialist--->no private ownership of land
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what ages did both sexes have to get married by?
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Men-24
Women-18 |
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What did the Aztecs mainly make?
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Art,Potters,Sandals,Jewrely
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Where did the Aztecs live (current city)?
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Mexico City
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Where did the God's tell them to buil their city?
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On a lake
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What did the aztecs give the United States?
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Chocolate
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What 4 things did the Aztecs Eat?
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1)chocolate
2)chiles 3)corn 4)beans |
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What is Moctezuma?
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King
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What is Nahuatl
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Aztec Language
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What type of society did the Aztecs have?
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Well orgaized and they had a heirarchy
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What Spaniard arrived in 1519 and killed the Aztecs?
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Hernan Cortes
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Who did Cortes marry and what role did she have?
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Marina, she was the interpreter
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What is a madonna?
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Whore Complex
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What do you have to be on your wedding night?
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a virgin
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what happened in 1519-1521 to the Aztecs?
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The spaniards surrounded and killed/starved them all
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How long did the Aztecs last as slaves?
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3-4 years
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What % of aztecs were killed, and what happend to the remaining %?
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90-95% where killed, the rest where slaves
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What time period did the Incas begin?
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2500 B.C.
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Where were the Incas located?
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Machupicho
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What Mountains did they live in?
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Andes
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How many People did the Incas have?
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9,000,000
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What 3 reasons were the Incas Imperialists?
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1)incorperated cheifs from other tribs
2)imposed their language (Quechua-5/6 indigenous) and religion 3)2500 Mile Empire-complex roads and bridges |
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What did they practice to the dead? (Incas)
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Mumificationo
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How did the Incas sustain 9,000,000 people?(4 sub-reasons)
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1)Agriculural
a)irrigation b)terracing c)silos + grainaries to store excess food d)fertilization "guano" |
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How many Spainiards came in 1531 to defeat the Incas?
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Pizarro and 200 people conquered 9,000,000 people
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Atahuqllpa and Huascar where who?
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they were brothers who wanted the throne
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What was Atahuqllpa's option after being captured?
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1)Burnt
2)Converted then strangled |
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What were the 4 ways the 200 Spaniards conquered the 9Million Incas?
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1)they had horses, the incas didnt know what they were
2)smallpox 3)Internal Division 4)When someone dies on the field thet did rituals |
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What kind of people wher ethe Incas?
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Very Religios and very good ways of living
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What did Cristobal Colon do in 1492?
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en countered not discovered the new land and called it Hispaniola
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What is current day Hispaniola?
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Haiti and Dominican Republic
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What did King Ferdinan and Queen Isabella do?
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Paid for the CC voyage
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What is the Trinity of motives?
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Gold, God, Glory
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what is encomienda?
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enslavement (6-7 slaves per Spaniard)
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How many people were killed a Day for 20 years?
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544
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the population went from 4,000,000 to 29,000 in how many years?
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20
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What did the people have to tribute daily to CC?
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Gold dust
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What 2 things did CC do to the people?
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1)Slavery
2)Genocide a)Dogging b)sword contest c)gibbets |
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What was the Papal donation of America?
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Accept the Pope, King, or Queen or die
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What was the results of CC voyage?
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1) 127,000,000 dead
2) 90-95% killed (1492-1575) 3)Loss of will to survive a)suicide b)limited offspring 4)Ecological devistation 5)Cut short the development of brilliant civilization |
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What year was the 1st slave ship sent from Africa and how many were on it?
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1505 and 17slaves
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in 1510 what happened?
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Slavery was legalized
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how many slaves were sent over the 144 years?
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10,591,000
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What type of slaves were sent?
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1)Rubust Males
2)Males 15-50 3)Pregnant Females |
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What were the Slave ships called?
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tumbeiros
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What migratory pattern did the slave ships change?
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Sharks
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Indigonous + Black slaves lasted for how many years?
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Ind-3-4years
Bla-6-7years |
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What the break down of Africa?
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Kings
Chiefdoms Armies Taxes Courts of Laws Marketplace |
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Why did the Africans take well notes of of their Lineage?
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So they didnt marry into the family
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How did the Africans use their Oral Tradition?
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Literature, riddles, myths, legends, proverbs
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What type of religon did the Africans have? How did they Celebrate?
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Polytheistic, through drums
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What did they do to the African slaves when they were brought to america?
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they were split up fomr their families/tribe members
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5 Major Slave traders?
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Spanish, French, Portuguese, British, Dutch
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2 religions did the Africans have?
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voodoo and santeria
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