Section 1 Vocab.
Section 2 Vocab.
Meeting people
When it happen?/Timeline
Assessments
100
Huge sheets of ice.
What is glaciers?
100
To gain use of or have available.
What is access?
100
People who built a civilization in the rain forest of the Yucatan Peninsula and traded throughout Mesoamerica.
What is/who is the Maya?
100
The Moche civilization began.
In A.D. 100
100
When did the first people arrive in the Americas?
People arrived between 15,000 and 40,000 years ago.
200
Ancient region including present-day Mexico and most of Central America.
What is/where is Mesoamerica?
200
The Mayan word for " flat region " located in present-day Guatemala.
What is/where is Petén?
200
People who built a far-reaching trading empire near present-day Vera Cruz, Mexico.
What is /who is Olmec?
200
Mayan civilization reaches its peak.
In A.D. 500
200
What were some of the good traded by the Olmec people?
They traded salt, beans, jewelry, obsidian, and hematite.
300
To lay open.
What is expose?
300
A guess about what will happen in the future.
What is predict?
300
People who lived in the dry coastal desert where Peru is today and lasted about A.D. 100 to A.D. 700.
What is/who is Moche?
300
Mayan cities abandoned.
In A.D. 950
300
Where did the Maya build their civilization?
They built it in the rain forests Yucatán Peninsula?
400
A guess based on evidence.
What is estimate?
400
A place in the ground where the earth has caved in and water collects.
What is sinkhole?
400
King of the city-state of Tikal who supplied the leadership.
What is/ who is Jasaw Chan K' awiilI
400
Olmec build an empire.
In 1200 B.C.
400
What role did royal Mayan women play in society?
The role the women plays is they often married into royal families in other Mayan city-states.
500
Site in Central Mexico that in ancient times was one of the largest cities in the world.
What is/ where is Teotihuacan?
500
Agreement between people or nations to work together for assistance or protection.
What is alliance?
500
People who discovered the vine-covered ruins of an ancient city in the rain forest in A.D. 1839.
What is/who is John Lloyd Stevens and Fredrick Catherwood?
500
Teotihuacan prospers.
In A.D. 400
500
How did the Maya honor their kings?
They honor their kings by building huge monuments.
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