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26 Cards in this Set
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What was on of the major differences between the resources available in the americas and those in Asia and the Mediterranean?
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American Indians dometicated plants whose caloric ouput was greater than any othe grains raised in Europe or Asia
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Homo sapiens crossed to the Americas
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On a land bridge from Asia during the last Ice Age
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Which of the following had not accured by 20,000 BCE
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The Neolithic Revolution had occuredin the Americas.
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Which of the following was not a disadvantage for Americans when they eventyallydid come in contact with other civilizations?
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Failure to develop sophisticated political systems
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Which stage of American Culture depended on gathering of wild fruits and other plant foods, made baskers, and utilized grinding tools for food
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Archaic
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Wheat was the staple crop for whic of the Americas
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None of them
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Manioc was the staple crop for which of the following regions of the Americas?
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Mexico
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In which of the following areas was maize eventually cultivated
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Most of the AMericas
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Wher have the traditional cultural hearthsof the Americas been locatd?
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In Mesoamerica and the Andean highlands
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The geography of Mesoamerica
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is a complex patchwork of zonesthat are divided vertically into cooler highlands, tropical lowlands and coasts, and an itermediate temperate zone.
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Where was maize first domesticated in the Americas?
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Mexico
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What Mesoamerican civilization emerged on the southeastern coast of Mexico 1200 BC?
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Olmecs
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During what epoch in Mesoamerican chronology did the Olmec civilization dvelop?
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Preclassec
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900 BCE, Olme culture had
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becomewidely distributed throughour Mesoamerica
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Monte Alban was the major ceremonial center of what culture?
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Zapotec
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Which ofthe Mesoamerican chronological periods corresponds to the dates 150 to 900 CE
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Classic
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Which of the follwoing attributes was not found in the classic civilization of the central valley of mexico?
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Worship of a single god horizantal the Feathered Serpent
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In what region of Mesoamerica did Mayan culture originate?
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The tropical lowlands of Mexica and Guatemala
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tha Mayan long count was
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dating based on a fixed date or origin
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What was the earliest of the mound-building cultures of North America
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Adena
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What were the circular pits used for ceremonial purposes in Axaszi culture called?
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Kivas
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How did the topography of the Andean region influence the developent of civilization?
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The arid coastal valleys demanded irrigation, and this spurred population growth and social complexity leading to the development of civilizations as in the early river-valley civilizations of Asia and the Middle East.
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The Chacin artistic style was so widely diffused that archaelologsits refer to thepoch as a
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horizaon
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Unlik Mesoamerican civilizations, CHavin culture
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domesticated larger mammals for pastralism.
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Tihaunaco and Huari are associated with wahat chronological period in Andean civilization?
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Intermediate Horizon
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Which of the following terms refers to a kinship group in Andean society?
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Ayllu
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