Mesoamerica in the Past

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100

• What were some object they used to draw in their writing system?

• people, animals, objects and also geometrical shapes.

200

• Where do the Mesoamerican lived?

• Different parts of Central America before the Spanish conquest.

300

what grass they domesticated the corn?

• The teosinte wild grass.

400

• What is the most important weapon in the Mesoamerican civilization? 

• The spear. (Tepoztopilli)

500

What was the important things the Olmec civilization did?

Some important things they did were the stone sculptures, ball games, weapons etc.

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100

In what century does the civilization started?

16th century

200

• What is the term that means Mesoamerica?

• It means “Middle America”.

300

• What were the Zapotec people known as?

•  “Cloud people”.

400

• How many years of cycle was the Mesoamerican 260 day calendar? 

• A 52 years of cycle.

500

• What are the 2 parts that make the 52 year cycle?

• The sacred and solar rounds.

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100

what colors of corn they planted? 

yellow, blue/black, and purple corn.

200

• What are the main civilizations that developed in the Mesoamerica?

• Olmecs, Mayans, Zapotecs.

300

• What is the meaning of polytheistic people? 

• People who believed in many gods.

400

• At what age did the hunting and gathering began?

• end of the ice age, in 1500 BC.

500

• Where did the Mesoamericas painted the events of the calendar?

• On tomb walls.

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100

• Which what part of their body they moved the rubber ball in the game?

• Their hip.

200

• What was the order to read its writing system?

• From left to right and top to bottom in a zigzag order.

300

• Give me some examples of what the Mesoamerican people planted in the classic period.? 

• tortilla, maize, beans, corn, pumpkin, chia and tomato. 

400

• Give me some examples of what the Mesoamerican people used to hunt? 

• fishes, birds, ducks, hares, deer, and the iguana.

500

Which land the Mayans inhabit it?

the lands of Yucatán, Quintana Ro.

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100

• Mesoamerican are polytheistic or monotheistic people? 

• Polytheistic.

200

• Give some examples of the gods they believed? 

• Tonatiuh, Tláloc,Huitzilopochtli, and Quetzalcóatl.

300

• When was the Olmec building built? 

• When was the Olmec building built? 

400

• When did the Mesoamerican people started to make sendentaries groups? 

• 2000 A.C approximatel.

500

What other civilization does the zapotecs trade with?

in the pre-classic period they started to trade with the Olmec civilization.