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Mind Map by Chante Jefferson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Chante Jefferson
over 7 years ago
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Ancient Civilizations
- Pueblo Indians
- Intermarried w/ anasazi
- Produced drought resistant corn, squash
- Survived the
Spanish conquest &
civilization
- Intermarried w/ anasazi
- Inhabitants of S & SW
- SW US & northern Mexico
- Two ancient
cultures: Anasazi
& Hokokam
- Anasazi developed adobe
architeture, system of
irrigation
- Hohokam built separate
stone and timber houses
- SW US & northern Mexico
- Incas (children of the sun)
- Covered modern day
Ecuador, Peru, & central
Chile
- Well-developed political system
- Covered modern day
Ecuador, Peru, & central
Chile
- Mayas
- Highly advanced knowledge of
astronomy, engineering, & art
- Developed: elaborate
calendar, system of writing,
and the mathematical
concept of zero
- One of the earliest civilizations
of MesoAmerica
- Yucatan Peninsula,
Guatemala, Honduras
- Highly advanced knowledge of
astronomy, engineering, & art
- Aztecs
- Achieved the
highest
development in
Mexico
- Had centralized government
- Achieved the
highest
development in
Mexico
- Mound Builders in N. America
- Two major groups:
Woodland and
Mississippian peoples
- Mississippian people
built flat-topped
mountains
- Disappeared
around 14th
century
- Two major groups:
Woodland and
Mississippian peoples
- Zapotecs, Olmecs, & Toltecs
- Olmecs--> Zapotecs --> Toltects
- Developed: alphabetic
writing system
- Olmecs--> Zapotecs --> Toltects
- Iroquois
- Inhabited Ontario, Canada,
upstate New York
- Farming was main
economic activity
- Matrilineal
- developed
Iroquois
Confederation
- Inhabited Ontario, Canada,
upstate New York
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