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8 Cards in this Set
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Beringia |
An ancient land bridge over which the earliest Americans are believed to have migrated from Asia into the Americas. |
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Maize |
A cultivated cereal grain that bears it kernels on large ears - usually called corn in the United States. |
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Olmec |
The earliest known Mesoamerican civilization which flourished around 1200 B.C. and influenced later societies throughout the region. |
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Zapotec |
An early Mesoamerican civilization that was centered in the Oaxaca Valley of what is now Mexico. |
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Monte Alban |
The first real urban center in the Americas - located in the Zapotec civilization. The city had about 25,000 residents, towering pyramids, temples, palaces and a giant plaza. |
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Chavin |
The first major South American civilization which flourished in the highlands of what is now Peru from about 900 to 200 B.C. |
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Nazca |
A civilization that flourished on what is now the southern coast of Peru from about 200 B.C. to A.D. 600. |
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Moche |
A civilization that flourished on what is now the northern coast of Peru from about A.D. 100 to 700. |
