Anthro Test 2 H

Front 1

When did the Anasazi fall?

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1100 ad

Front 2

Who were the time keepers?

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Priests

Front 3

The slab with a ball on it is called?

Back 3

Metate and La Mano

Front 4

What is the most famous building at Chaco Canyon?

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Pueblo Bonita

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What was Pueblo Bonita used fo?

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Graniary for corn

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What was the Pueblo called that lined up with the giant kiva at Chaco Canyon?

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Pueblo Alto

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What is the first level of culture where you see monumental art?

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State Level Culture

Front 8

Where is Cahokia located?

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Missouri

Front 9

What year was all previous culture abandoned?

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1300 ad

Front 10

What Level of Culture is extremely difficult to alter the momentum of?

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State Level Culture

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T or F: State Level Culture begins out of Chiefdoms in a formative state?

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True

Front 12

List the types of civilizations in order

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Chiefdom, Formadive State, State, Classic, Post-Classic

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If you are Post-Classic what is inevitable?

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Unsustainable

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How long does it take to get from formative to Classic, to Post-Classic

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1000 years

Front 15

What is the one thing that sets the Classic Civilization apart from any other?

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Ultimate achievement in Astronomy

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What is the nature of a State Level Culture?

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To exceed the CCL

Front 17

What is the founding culture of Mexico?

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Olmec

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What are the 3 ceremonial Olmec Centers and Cities?

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La Venta, San Lorenzo, Tres Zapotes

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What marks all three Olmec cities?

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Large 20 ton heads (Collosal Heads)

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What are the shallow Olmec carvings called?

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Bas Relief

Front 21

For the Olmec, what were the most sacred objects carved out of?

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Jade

Front 22

Name the 4 significant places of the Maya.

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Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque

Front 23

What is the Maya Arch called?

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Corbelled arch

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What is located at the top of the pyramids of Tikal?

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Tombs

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What is a Maya Stellae

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Contains writings that give specific dates/times that they lived

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What type of incense do the Maya use?

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Copal Incense

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What "level" did Maya achieve?

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Classic Level

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What was the culture that the Maya built their foundation on?

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Olmec

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What were the Maya capable of counting?

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Zero and Negative Numbers

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T or F: The Maya produced the largest pyramids

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False

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What are all pyramids?

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Tombs

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What is a Stella?

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Written artifact that gives us indication of who is inside of tomb, what they did, etc.

Front 33

How did the Maya rule?

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by Theocracy

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Who is the Maya ruler of the underworld?

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Itzamna

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Which Mayan city has the "tower"

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Palenque

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What was the Mayan Tower at Palenque used for?

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Astronomical Observatory

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What was significant about the humble pyramid found at the Mayan City, Palenque?

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Found escargophics with enscriptions

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What is the Mayan symbol for prayer?

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Thumb touching forefinger

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What is the Mayan tradition of sloped foreheads linked to?

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Royalty

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What is the Mayan tradition of ear decoration linked to?

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Royalty

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What was the first Mayan City that failed and was taken over by Toltecs?

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Chichen Itza

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Who was the Toltec leader?

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Bird Snake King: Quetzalcoatl

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What is the Toltec story of Quetsalcoatl?

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Bird, Snake King who left culture on a boat promising to return by boat with a white face

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What were the favorite weapons of the Maya?

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A wooden club with obsidian blades on it

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What is a Maya Caracol?

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Observatory for solar/lunar

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What is a Mayan Codex?

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Book made out of bark paper, folds out to show daily life.

Front 47

What type of civilization was Teo?

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Classic

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What was the grandest classic civilization?

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Teo

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What are the names of the two main pyramids at Teo?

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Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Moon

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What was symbolic of 52 years?

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Teo calendar coordinate solar/lunar time every 52 years

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T or F: Teo was still thriving when the Spanish arrived?

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False- Teo was gone by then

Front 52

What is the Aztec language?

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nawaddle

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What level did the Aztec achieve?

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Post Classic

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What was significant about the Aztec Tenochtitlan?

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It was a self built island fortress

Front 55

Who was Moctezuma?

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He was the ruler of the Aztecs at the time when Cortez was there.

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What civilization had the first sanitation system?

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Tenochitlan- Aztec

Front 57

What killed 90% of the native population within 50 years?

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European Diseases

Front 58

What is the main difference between Mayan and Aztec pyramids?

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Maya had singular diety while Aztec had multiple

Front 59

Where were the Inca located?

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Peru

Front 60

Name two ways the Inca were able to grow successfully?

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Paved Roads and ability to freeze dry foods

Front 61

What is a Quipu?

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Colored ribbon strings with knots used as a secret means of communication

Front 62

What is Cuzco designed as?

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Jaguar

Front 63

What is in the eye of the Jaguar at Cuzco?

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Temple

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What is the Cuzco ceremonial center called?

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Sascsahuaman

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What was the sacred bird at Machu-Piccu?

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Condor