Mesoamerica
what happened when the ice age ended
when the ice age ended it opened up opportunities
for the americans
where are the incas manly located?
puru
What was the flat regein the Mayan setteled in?
The Petén
They built what to honor the gods?
Temples
where did Christopher Columbus first land?
Hispanola
name three things that they gathered/planted
vegetables, corn, nuts
what was a sacrifice they made for there gods?
The Mayan civilization was split into what?
City-states
They honored what?
Death
in what year did Smallpox erupt in Hisanpola?
1517
how did the wooly mammoth benefit them
it gave them hide for clothes, bones for tools, and meat
pesent.
The city states often did what?
They often fought
They had how many calendars?
2
what happened in 1521?
the spanish destroyed the Aztec Capital
How would farming and staying in one place be better then nomadic
Famiming is better and staying in one place
where in the world is peru located?
south america.
Their writtenlanguage was very similar to who's?
The Egyptions
They knew they had found their home because of what?
Because of the eagle that screamed and ate a serpent.
what did King Atahualpa have to give Pizarro to let him go?
6.2x4.8 meter room filled with treasure
how did farming affect Mesoamerica
with farming introduced it allowed them to create more complex societies
what is the most important god?
inti
They mostly sacraficed to the god of what?
The god of rain and sunshine
The Quetzalcoatl was the god of what?
The sun
when and how did King Atahualpa die?
July 26th, 1533. he was executed by Pizarro.