chap 9
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- Aztec
- wandering warriors. ruled mexico. worshiped Quetzalcoatl. military dominated. sacarficed conquered ppl to gods.
- Mississippians
- eastern woodlands. complex culture. mounds
- bergina
- strait become ice forming a land bridge. asians migrated over it to americas
- Toltec
- invaded central mexico. ruled by military. practiced human sacarfice.
- Quechua
- offical language of Inca.
- Chavin
- artiest created ceramic religious vessels
- tepees
- cone-shaped tents
- strait
- a narrow strip of water--seperates america from asia
- Hohokam
- southwest america. farming/irragtions works
- chinampas
- raised fields made with mud taken from bottom of lakes
- Olmec
- earliest culture in mexico. farmers
- myths
- native americans use creation myths to explain thier orgins
- buffalo
- great plains depended on, that roamed the lands. used for food, clothes, shelter
- Inca
- Andes mountains. worshiped sun and moon. fortesses+irragations+road systems.
- american culture
- first people were hunting/gatherings. later farming emerged, agiculture was very important.
- Hopewell
- eastern woodlands. mounds that centered the villages
- adobe
- sun dried brick homes that were permandent
- northwest peopel
- fishing
- quipu
- serioes of knots on parrelle string
- Pueblo
- southwest. made adobes
- Maya
- more advanced ppl. Yucatan peninsula. worshiped many gods. counting system with zero.
- polatches
- festive gatherings