Olmecs
What game did they have courts for?
Ball game
What god required the sacrifice of children?
The rain god
What was their most popular board game?
Patolli
What were their main roads called?
What is pre-history and what is history?
Pre-history is before the written record and history is after the written record
We belive the Olmec created what counting system?
Bar and dot
List 2 of the concepts of beauty for the Mayans?
Flattened foreheads, Cross-eyed, Tattoos, Filed teeth, Ornaments, Jewelry, Bath regularly, Men with long hair
What were the 3 classes during the Aztec civilization?
Slaves, Commoners, and Nobility.
All 3 civilizations were obsessed with studying what?
Celestial events
What marks the start of history?
The written record
What day was it that the Olmecs predicted the world would end?
Dooms day- December 21 2012
Dresdon
How many causeways are in Tenochtitlan?
3 causeways
Who do we think created the ball game?
The Olmec
What is the definition of migration?
To move within a country,area or contentent
What was their capital city and what was the city's population?
San Lorenzo and the population was 5,000
The EMKU ceremony
What 2 Cristian symbols did Cortez replace the Aztec god statues?
Images of the Virgin Mary and crosses
What are the 4 requirements for a civilization?
Domestication of plants and animals. Specialization, and permanent settlements.
When did the last ice age end?
About 1,500 years ago
1500 B.C.- 200 B.C.
How many days were in the calender round?
8,980 days
By the year 1325
How did men come to America thoeries?
1: Migration over the land bridge. 2: Continental drift. 3: Life originated in America. 4:African migration. 5: Asian migration. 6:Aliens. 7:Combination of factors
For the Mayans, every _____ years they go from one world to the other?
26,000