Mesoamerica+-+Teotihaucan,+Maya,+Nazca,+Moche

1. Why I should care? These civilizations created technologies that were passed down to us. For example the growing of corn still occurs today. This was the first civilization in the America's and in the whole western hemisphere.

2. Key terms:
 * hieroglyphs- writing that was drew with pictures
 * tribute- goods or money paid by conquered peoples to their conquerors
 * maize- corn
 * Mesoamerica- named used for the areas of Mexico and Central America
 * Quipu- was a way of keeping records using a system of knotted strings.
 * Hopewell- people in the Ohio River valley

3. Important topics 1. Religion 4. Key actors: 5. Timeline
 * Mayans ranked gods in order of importance
 * Their supreme god was Itzamma or "Lizard House"
 * Nazca believed in both demons and humans
 * Moche made practiced human sacrifices
 * Moche priests were held very highly
 * The Maya people developed a calendar based on a belief in cycles of creation and destruction.
 * The Teotihuacan people built a pyramids. There was one to the Sun and one to the Moon. Most of the people were farmers because of the fertile soil.
 * The temples and palaces of Teotihuacan were built on a road called "Avenue of the Dead."
 * The Nazca people usually traded by the sea.
 * The Mayans traded coco beans and was their main source of money.
 * The Moche people excelled at farming, building, and art.
 * The Maya and Teotihuacan civilizations were composed of city-states governed by a hereditary ruling class.
 * The Teotihuacan people traded mostly jewelry, pottery, tools, and weapons.
 * About 3000 B.C. the Inuit moved into North America from Asia.
 * Around 1000 B.C. farming villiages appeared in the Eastern Woodlands, the land in eastern North America.
 * The civilizations of the Maya flourished between A.D. 300 and 900.
 * 200 to 600 AD Nazca civilization
 * Moche civilization developed around 300 AD
 * The 5th-6th century was when the Teotihuacan civilization was te
 * 8th century-Moche Civilization collapsed
 * 7000 BC - 5000 BC Dogs and Fowl are domesticated