Time Keeps on Tickin'
The first people probably arrived in the Americas
c. 12,000 - 10,000 BC
Long mountain range that runs from north to south in North America
Rocky Mountains
I am the first major civilization in the Andes
the Chavin
Maya buildings were covered with ________ and painted in bright colors
stucco
Like the Chinese we liked to make things out of carved _____
jade
Maize is domesticated in Mesoamerica
c. 3500 BC
In South America, the mountain range that runs along the western edge of the continent
The Andes Mountains
We are known for our woven textiles, carved stone monuments, and pottery shaped like animals and humans.
the Chavin
Farmers shaped hillsides into ___________ so they could grow crops.
terraces
Like the Indians, our number system has a _______
zero
The Olmec civilization begins in Mesoamerica
c. 1200 BC
Mighty river that drains South America north of the Brazilian highlands
The Amazon River
Chocolate was the food of our gods
the Maya
Temples were shaped like mountains because...
this allowed the Maya to approach the gods
Like the Kushites, we honored our kings with _________
pyramids
The Maya begin building large cities in the Americas
c. AD 200
Another name for the Bering Strait land bridge
Beringia
We built the first pyramids in Mesoamerica
the Olmec
The Maya had a 365 day farming calendar, and a 260 day ____________ calendar
religious
Like the Egyptians we moved water through _________
canals
The Maya classic age ends
c. AD 900
During the classic age, the Maya civilization spread to the ________________ and grew to include many cities.
Yucatan Peninsula
Legend from this civilization quoted in Kingdoms of Gold said, "The breaths of the corn maidens blew the rain-clouds from their homes in the Summer-land, and when the rains had passed away green corn plants grew every-where the grains had been planted."
the Zuni
We built knives out of obsidian and ___________
flint
Unlike the Sumerians, we never made ________
the wheel