All About America
What are some of the crops that early Mesoamericans farmed?
Beans, sweet potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, squash, maize, and cassava.
This faith centers on beliefs regarding the birth, life, death, and ressurection of Jesus.
Christianity.
What job did most people in the Indus Valley have?
Farming.
How many miles of roads did the Inca have? (United States is around 3100 miles.)
14,000.
City-states.
This religion is known for having four major truths.
Buddhism.
What is the Buddhas name?
Siddhartha Gautama.
What are the two theories for how people made it to Mesoamerica?
The land-bridge theory and paddling down the west coast in boats.
What was the first American Civilization?
The Olmec.
This religion believes in the doctrines of Samsara.
Hinduism.
What two monsoons happened on the Indian subcontinent?
The winter monsoon and the summer monsoon.
Which group carved animal shaped lines into the earth?
The Nazca.
What area did the Aztecs originate in?
The Valley of Mexico.
What means, "submission to the will of god."?
Islam.
That there was a single spiritual power that resided in all things, connecting them.
What is a major difference between the Inca opposed to the Maya and Aztec?
The Inca never developed a writing system.
What geographical feature did the Mayans flourish on?
The Yucatan Peninsula.
In which religion is striving to reach Dharma a goal?
Hinduism.
What was the caste system?
The Caste system was a system of rigid social groups that could rarely be changed.
What was the name of the Maya city that was just recently found?
Valeriana.