CIVILIZATION OF AZTEC, INCA, OLMEC

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  1. 3. Inca’s official language
  2. 5. were intricate systems of knotted strings used by the Inca to convey information, similar to writing. Specially trained officials were the only ones who could decipher their meaning.
  3. 7. The Olmec _____heads are stone representations of human heads sculpted from large basalt boulders.
  4. 11. A calendar and a Calendar based on the movement of the Planet Venus. This was a sacred calendar with 260 days and 13 weeks of 20 days each.
  5. 12. also known to cultivate cacao,rubber and salt. It is also observed that they are using an elaborate water and drainage system .
  6. 13. was rich in maize(corn) and dried Ilama , coca leaves and alcohol; other consumables goods include sweet potatoes, quinoa, beans and chili peppers.
  7. 14. They manufacture ________drinks.
  8. 15. Olmec means _______people in Nahuatl,the language of the aztec the term.
  9. 17. Striking artistry were its textiles; finest grade cloth
  10. 18. Objects were made out of gold and silver. Inca-______ working also considered to be very fine.
  11. 20. Inca is flourished in the Andean region of the South America from the early 15th century A.D up until its conquest by the________. Spaniards.
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  1. 1. _______ of individuals was important part of Inca funerary rites.
  2. 2. Ancient Mesoamerican indigenous peoples, spanning Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, achieved remarkable feats in astronomy, engineering, medicine, and mathematics.
  3. 4. The Inca called their empire
  4. 6. described as being the “month of carrying dead”
  5. 8. Clothes were woven out of wool from dried _____ and alpaca or vicuna wool and cotton.
  6. 9. A ¬¬______ picchu is one of the Inca civilization’s most famous surviving archaeological sites.
  7. 10. A calendar with 365 days, divided into 18 months with 20 days each with 5 extra days at the end.
  8. 16. Extracting latex from________ Elastica , a rubber tree in the area.
  9. 19. The Maya also recognized the need for _______– a discovery made by few other civilizations.