LFS Quiz One
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- pre-Aztecs location
- located in Central Valley of Mexico
- December 24, 2011
- end of world, after 5 major cycles end
- Corbeled arch
- stones placed closer and closer together until final gap closed by a keystone
- Middle America
- Includes Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean islands, a "watery nation"
- Orinoco River
- River through Venezuela
- 900 CE
- Mayans move to Yucatan Peninsula and abandons the center of their civilization
- Brazilian Highlands
- Older, lower mountains on eastern shore of South America
- stela
- recorded important events and names associated with great cities, a statue
- Quiche
- branch of the Mayans, maintained oral traditions of ancestors
- Latin America
- Term created by French in 1860's to garner support, both Hispanic-American nations and Brazil and Haiti
- Andes
- Part of the mountain range that extends across the continent, the section in S. America
- Pre-Columbian Period
- Indigenous American peoples migration starting as early as 14,000, Euro-centric definition
- Literature
- ideograms and symbols mostly, only Mayans use phonetic symbols, eradicated by the Spanish
- pre-Inca location
- Andean region of South America
- Classical Period
- Mayan Empire from 4th to 10th century in Guatemala, golden age of Pre-Columbian civilization
- South America
- Mountains on each shore with broad plains in the center, some nations are also Caribbean
- Uruguay and Climate
- Most suitable climate for human activity, fertile soils and grasses
- Rimland
- Euro-African Eastern Coast in Middle America, no indigenous peoples
- Katun
- basic unit of Mayan time, 20 years
- Eye of God
- Woven cross-like symbol, only cultural item not destroyed by Spanish
- Mask of Duality
- one evil face, one saintly, two sides to everything in life
- Mainland
- Euro-Indian and Mestizo, place of PreColumbian civilizations, mostly indigenous
- Low-density
- nomadic indigenous peoples in small tribes throughout the great plains and pampas
- 1492
- Beginning of conquest, thanks to Columbus
- OAS
- Organization of American States (Pan-American) = 23 countries
- stela
- recorded important events and names associated with great cities, a statue
- Size
- Two and half times the area of Europe, 20% of world's land surface
- Antarandes Mountains
- Part of the mountain range extending from Alaska, through the Drake Passage to Antartica
- Climate
- Most of the region is tropical or subtropical
- Rockies
- Part of the mountain range extending from Alaska through Mexico
- Popol Vuh
- Mayan genesis, as recorded by a Quiche, venerates corn as source of life
- Vertical Climates
- Andes contains different climates at different altitudes, with hot tropics at base and ice at the top
- Mayan art
- most notably, architecture, in ceremonial cities
- Greek Culture
- similar to mayan's; politically w/ separate city states and no unifying empire
- Rivers
- Short and unnavigable in Mexico and South America and don't go anywhere useful
- Syncretism
- Mixture of cultures with no one dominant culture
- Maya's location
- Central America and Yucatan Peninsula
- High-density
- when groups settled down b/c of suitability to grow a certain crop, eventual empire
- Parana-Plata System
- River system that drains out into the South Atlantic between Argentina and Uruguay
- December 24, 2011
- end of world, after 5 major cycles end
- Cape Horn
- Last island directly linked to South America
- Amazon River
- drains surface area equal to half of South America
- Mestizo
- mix of indigenous and Spanish