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100
What is the Ocean west of the America's?
Beringia
100
What is it called when you plant different crops together?
Intercropping
100
What did the Olmecs use to cut rock
Drills made from bones
100
What god did the Incas believe?
The sun god
100
How many miles did the Incas build of just road?
14,000 miles
200
What is the river that runs through South America and is the second largest river in the world?
The Amazon
200
Why did the Olmecs plant different crops together?
So they could grow better
200
What did the Mayas create?
An Advance System of Writing
200
What did the Jaguar god do?
Brought rain
200
Why were the Aztecs better at fighting than the people already living in Mexico?
The Aztecs used bow and arrow
300
Where did the Aztecs start their empire?
Mexico
300
Name one item that the Aztecs came back from trading? Answers may very
cloth, dyes, cacao beans, gold, cotton, feathers, Jade beans, or copper
300
What animal appears most in Olmec Art
The Jaguar
300
Where did the Olmecs believe people went when they died?
The other world
300
When did the Incas conquer their neighbors?
Early 1400s
400
Where did the Mayas start their empire?
Mexico and Central America
400
What was the object of trade that the the Olmecs got their name from?
Rubber
400
What were the Olmecs known for in the art world?
Giant heads carved from basalt rock
400
What were the Olmecs and Mayas' god based on
Forces of Nature
400
At the end of the Classic Period how many people lived every square mile?
500 people
500
What was the piece of land that the Nomads came to America from?
Beringia
500
What did the Aztecs use to carry trading goods?
Porters in bundles on their back
500
What did the Olmecs do with their small artwork?
Buried it
500
How did the Mayas keep track of their religious events?
On a 260 day calendar
500
What was the first Olmec center called that was destroyed by invaders?
San Lorenzo