Name of the region between north and south America
Mesoamerica
Name given to Mayan religious centers.
Temple
The exchange of plants, animals, and ideas, between old world and new world was called.
Columbian Exchange
GGS - European advantage
guns, germs, steel
Kite Rider in this type of fiction.
Historical
Largest current nation in Mesoamerica
Mexico
Important trading crop between the lowland and highlands of Mayan civilization.
cotton, rubber, cacao, beans
Two continents of Old World
Asia, Africa
Three largest South and Central American Empires before 1492
Maya, Inca, Aztec
China's arch enemy in medieval times.
Mongols
3 oceans sounding the America continents.
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic
Type of volcanic rock traded by the Mayan.
obsidian
Two continents of New World
N. America, South America
Three main (non mixed) racial/ethnic groups of Central and South America
Spanish, Indigenous, African
Mipeng's skill
medium
What earliest natives crossed to get to the Americas crossed to get from Asia to N. America
Bering Strait / land bridge
What often happened to Mayan conflict prisoners.
killed/sacrificed
Important crop that Africa did not grow before 1492.
Cassava, Maize
Most early world civilization were built near this.
water.
Original reason for "kite riders"
safe journeys
What people need to start doing before developing civilizations?
farm
3 possible causes of Mayan demise.
agriculture decline, conflicts, demands from Kings causing rebellions, climate change
Three animals that N. America did not have before 1492
Pigs, Horses, Cattle, chickens
3 traits of civilization
agriculture, government, writing, art, religion
Name of Haoyou's good luck charm
little dog wu