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65 Cards in this Set
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When did the Anasazi fall?
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1100 ad
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Who were the time keepers?
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Priests
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The slab with a ball on it is called?
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Metate and La Mano
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What is the most famous building at Chaco Canyon?
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Pueblo Bonita
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What was Pueblo Bonita used fo?
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Graniary for corn
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What was the Pueblo called that lined up with the giant kiva at Chaco Canyon?
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Pueblo Alto
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What is the first level of culture where you see monumental art?
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State Level Culture
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Where is Cahokia located?
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Missouri
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What year was all previous culture abandoned?
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1300 ad
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What Level of Culture is extremely difficult to alter the momentum of?
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State Level Culture
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T or F: State Level Culture begins out of Chiefdoms in a formative state?
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True
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List the types of civilizations in order
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Chiefdom, Formadive State, State, Classic, Post-Classic
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If you are Post-Classic what is inevitable?
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Unsustainable
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How long does it take to get from formative to Classic, to Post-Classic
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1000 years
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What is the one thing that sets the Classic Civilization apart from any other?
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Ultimate achievement in Astronomy
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What is the nature of a State Level Culture?
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To exceed the CCL
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What is the founding culture of Mexico?
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Olmec
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What are the 3 ceremonial Olmec Centers and Cities?
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La Venta, San Lorenzo, Tres Zapotes
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What marks all three Olmec cities?
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Large 20 ton heads (Collosal Heads)
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What are the shallow Olmec carvings called?
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Bas Relief
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For the Olmec, what were the most sacred objects carved out of?
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Jade
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Name the 4 significant places of the Maya.
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Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Palenque
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What is the Maya Arch called?
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Corbelled arch
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What is located at the top of the pyramids of Tikal?
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Tombs
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What is a Maya Stellae
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Contains writings that give specific dates/times that they lived
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What type of incense do the Maya use?
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Copal Incense
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What "level" did Maya achieve?
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Classic Level
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What was the culture that the Maya built their foundation on?
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Olmec
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What were the Maya capable of counting?
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Zero and Negative Numbers
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T or F: The Maya produced the largest pyramids
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False
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What are all pyramids?
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Tombs
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What is a Stella?
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Written artifact that gives us indication of who is inside of tomb, what they did, etc.
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How did the Maya rule?
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by Theocracy
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Who is the Maya ruler of the underworld?
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Itzamna
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Which Mayan city has the "tower"
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Palenque
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What was the Mayan Tower at Palenque used for?
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Astronomical Observatory
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What was significant about the humble pyramid found at the Mayan City, Palenque?
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Found escargophics with enscriptions
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What is the Mayan symbol for prayer?
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Thumb touching forefinger
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What is the Mayan tradition of sloped foreheads linked to?
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Royalty
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What is the Mayan tradition of ear decoration linked to?
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Royalty
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What was the first Mayan City that failed and was taken over by Toltecs?
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Chichen Itza
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Who was the Toltec leader?
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Bird Snake King: Quetzalcoatl
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What is the Toltec story of Quetsalcoatl?
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Bird, Snake King who left culture on a boat promising to return by boat with a white face
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What were the favorite weapons of the Maya?
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A wooden club with obsidian blades on it
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What is a Maya Caracol?
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Observatory for solar/lunar
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What is a Mayan Codex?
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Book made out of bark paper, folds out to show daily life.
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What type of civilization was Teo?
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Classic
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What was the grandest classic civilization?
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Teo
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What are the names of the two main pyramids at Teo?
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Temple of the Sun and Temple of the Moon
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What was symbolic of 52 years?
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Teo calendar coordinate solar/lunar time every 52 years
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T or F: Teo was still thriving when the Spanish arrived?
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False- Teo was gone by then
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What is the Aztec language?
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nawaddle
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What level did the Aztec achieve?
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Post Classic
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What was significant about the Aztec Tenochtitlan?
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It was a self built island fortress
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Who was Moctezuma?
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He was the ruler of the Aztecs at the time when Cortez was there.
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What civilization had the first sanitation system?
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Tenochitlan- Aztec
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What killed 90% of the native population within 50 years?
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European Diseases
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What is the main difference between Mayan and Aztec pyramids?
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Maya had singular diety while Aztec had multiple
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Where were the Inca located?
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Peru
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Name two ways the Inca were able to grow successfully?
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Paved Roads and ability to freeze dry foods
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What is a Quipu?
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Colored ribbon strings with knots used as a secret means of communication
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What is Cuzco designed as?
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Jaguar
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What is in the eye of the Jaguar at Cuzco?
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Temple
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What is the Cuzco ceremonial center called?
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Sascsahuaman
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What was the sacred bird at Machu-Piccu?
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Condor
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