Vocabulary
Olmecs and Moche
Mayans
Early Life
Little Bit of This and That
100
"Place of the Gods"
What is Teotihuacan
100
The Moche were the first to do this in America
What is irrigate crops
100
How did the Mayan civilization come to an end?
What is unknown. There are theories but no one knows why
100
this was an important food in early Americas
What is maize or corn
100
Mayans developed this to schedule parties
What is a 365 day calendar
200
people that developed a trading empire
What is Olmec
200
Both the Olmec and the Moche civilizations did this heavily in order to survive
What is trade
200
The Mayans did this to please their gods
What is human sacrifice
200
These were the FIRST vegetables grown in the americas
What are pumpkins and squash
200
Jasaw Chan Kawii I ruled this city-state
What is Tikal
300
place in early America where farming began
What is Mesoamerica
300
The Mayans created this type of government, which helped them prosper
What is city states
300
How did the early Americans first come to the Americas?
What is walking the Beringia Land Bridge
400
these type of people moved constantly on the "hunt" for food
What are hunters and gatherers
400
The Mayans created this language
What is hieroglyphics
400
What happened to the Beringia Land Bridge?
What is covered in water - undersea
500
these helped the Mayans to a fresh source of water
What are sinkholes
500
What was another reason the Mayans studied the sky, besides to create a calendar?
What is to see the plans their gods would reveal