History- Africa & Early Americas
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swimmychick on December 4, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 800-400 BCE | time frame of the Olmec |
| Olmec, Zapotec, Chavin, Nazca, Moche | order of the early american civilizations |
| 900-200 BCE | time frame for the Chavin |
| 200 BCE - 600 CE | time frame for the Nazca |
| 100-700 CE | time frame for chavin |
| Mexican coast on gulf of mexico | location of the olmec |
| Mexican coast on the pacific ocean | location of the zapotec |
| northern highlands of peru | location of the chavin |
| southern coast of Peru | location of the nazca |
| northern coast of Peru | location of the moche |
| Monte Alban | Zapotec city |
| Olmec | this civilization made large colossal heads |
| Tlachli | name of the ball game that spread throughout early america |
| Olmec | civilization where Tlachli started |
| Nazca Lines | line made in a plain that were made by brushing away the red pebbles and exposing the white sand underneath |
| Nazca | civilization that had a group of lines in a plain that were shaped like animals and geometric figures |
| zapotec | this civilization made a writing and a calender system. They also made stone platforms, temples, pillars, and sculptures |
| irrigation showed that they had advanced technology | significance of anything in Peru |
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