refers to a geographical and cultural area which extends from central Mexico down through Central America - MesoAmerica, the earliest civilization in the Americas. - Olmec Civilization , The Olmec people established a civilization in the area we know today as southern Mexico. - South MExico , AKA the Mother culture - The Olmec's, were good at making pottery and weaving. - The olmec civilazation (Daily), The ____- played a game called “pok-a-tok” where, you must shoot a rubber ball through a stone ring without using your hands or feet Huge ball courts built by the Olmec suggest that the game was popular with spectator. - Olmec's (day-day), The _____ carved large heads from basalt, a type of volcanic rock.   - OLMEC's (Art), The _____ used an early form of glyph writing to record events, dates, and to tell stories. - Olmecs (technology, They mainly traded for luxury items such as precious stones. Knowledge and ideas were also exchanged at these trade centers. As a result, the Olmec culture spread throughout much of Mesoam   - Olmecs (trade, The Olmec worshiped several gods (fire god, corn god) but their main god was the jaguar god. - Olmecs religion, They grew several crops but their main source of food was corn. They called it Maize - Maya farming, The ___ were master builders. They did not have metal tools—they used stone, bone, and wood tools to build hundreds of magnificent cities. - Maya achitectures , Every Maya city had a palace for its ruler, a marketplace, an open-air plaza where people could gather, at least one huge pyramid, a large temple, and one pok-a-tok ball court. - Maya cities , they thought of the idea of the number zero and using numbers like ****------ (9) - Maya numbers system, The ___- worshipped the gods of nature. Some of their gods were the god of Rain, god of Maize, and the god of Sun. Priests were the most powerful people in the Maya civilization. ajnd believed in mirrors - mAYA RELIGION, For the first 200 years, the _____ were constantly on the move. No one wanted the ______ as neighbors. The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice. They believed that if their gods were not fed, they would not do their jobs. The sun god would not bring up the sun, and everyone would die. - AZTECS , n the 1100s the Aztec settled in the Valley of Mexico on the swampy shores of Lake Texcoco and on a small island in the lak - aztec plase, _______ had broad avenues, beautiful plazas, markets, temples, and palaces - Tenochtitlan, To build Tenochtitlan into the city they wanted, the Aztec knew that they would need many engineers, builders, and other specialist. they had 3 schools. one for girls, one for boys, one for higher ranked kids - Aztec education, A causeway is a raised road or path usually built across a body of water. - causeway (aztec, ____are “floating” gardens built on a series of rafts, which were anchored to the lake bed. They piled dirt on top of the rafts and grew crops on them - Chinampas (aztec, ____ was an important part of Aztec life, The Aztec often used the prisoners they captured as slaves or as human sacrifices to feed their gods.The Aztec often used the prisoners they captured as slaves or as human sacrifices to feed their gods.The Aztec often used the prisoners they captured as slaves or as human sacrifices to feed their gods. The Aztec often used the prisoners they captured as slaves or as human sacrifices to feed their gods. - WAR, In 1521, Spanish conquistadors and their Native American partners defeated the Aztec and ended their empir - Fall of aztec, The _____ were a small tribe of South American Indians who lived in the city of Cuzco, high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Around 1400 CE, a neighboring tribe attacked the Incas, but the Incas won. This was the beginning of the Inca Empire. - Incas, _____ The head of government was the Inca, sometimes called the “______” (“the Only Inca”). The ______ was all-powerful. Everything belonged to the ______. He ruled his people by putting his relatives in positions of power. Since punishment was harsh and swift, almost no one broke the law. - Sapa Inca (Inca's ruler , Common People Had No Freedom, the government controlled peoples lives  - Inca's people , Each common person was listed in the census. Each person listed had to pay a tax. The Incas loved gold and silver, but they had no use for money. The people paid their tax each year in physical labor—serving in the army, working in the mines, or building roads, temples, and palaces - service tax (incas creation , Inca's 3 main regions - 1. The Andes Mountains, amazon jungle. coastal desert , The Incas built bridges across the gorges so they could reach all parts of their empire quickly and easily. If an enemy approached, the Incas could burn the bridges. They made suspension bridges from rope, pontoon bridges from reed boats, and pulley baskets from vines. - Andes mountain , High in the ______ Mountains, the Incas connected their empire with 14,000 miles of well-built roads. Some sections of road were over 24 feet wide. Some were even paved. Some roads were so steep that the Incas built stone walls along the edge to prevent people from falling off the cliff. - ANDES MOUNTAIN (roads ,

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