Pueblo
Where is Chaco Canyon?
New Mexico
Where was the Cave of the Painted Rock found?
Brazil
Which modern countries include the Mayan Empire (list 2 at least)?
Mexico, Belize, Guatamala, El Salvador, Honduras
Where is Teotihuacan located?
Mexico
What are the 6 directions
N, S, E, W, Up, Down
What do the walls of Pueblo Bonito act as?
A clock and a calendar
What sort of stuff was painted on the walls of the cave of the painted rock?
Calendar, sun rising setting, animals
Corn
After 1500 years, which city finally passed Teotihuacan as the largest city in the Americas?
New York
How long ago did people arrive in the Americas?
13,000 years ago
What were some of the goods archeologists found in Chaco Canyon?
Chocolate, tropical bird feathers, shells
The discovery of the Cave of the Painted rock is significant because...
It showed that people had reached the Amazon Rainforest as early as 13,000 years ago
Why did the Mayans do human sacrifice?
They believed the gods sacrificed their blood to create humans and so they did human sacrifice for repayment.
What did they find directly below the peak of the pyramid at Teotihuacan?
A tunnel with artifacts of the founding couple of Teotihuacan
Where was the chumash tribe located?
Southern California
Why is the Grand Canyon significant to the Pueblo and their ancestors (like the Hopi and Zuni)?
They believe the Grand Canyon is their birthplace
Chris Davis was watching to see if the sun lined up to a painting on the wall during which important yearly event?
Winter Solstice
Which mathematical ideas did the Mayans invent by themselves?
The concept of 0.
Who built Teotihuacan?
What is an equinox?
A time 2 times per year when night and day are approximately equal length (march and september)
Why is it important that archeologist found various goods from faraway places in Chaco Canyon?
Because it shows that it was a cultural center where people were coming from far and wide to trade and visit.
Why are these cave painting so important to archeologists?
Because it can teach us that people long ago were thinking about the cycles of nature and thinking about the universe and their place in it. It shows that people have always been scientists.
How many different Mayan languages are still spoken today?
What does the construction of the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent and the tunnel below it suggest about the people who built it and the things they were good at?
Excellent engineers and mathematicians and thought seriously about the universe and their place in it
Why did native cultures pay such close attention to the sky and the cosmos (universe)?
To help them with farming and determining religious and social life.