HIST 104 Lecture 8: History Exam 1 Key Terms Review
6 Oct 2016
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Throughout the hemisphere, maize, squash, and beans formed the basis of agriculture. The absence of livestock in the western hemisphere, however, limited farming by preventing the plowing of fields and the application of natural fertilizer. Tenochititlan pg 4: population close to 250,000 it was the capital of the aztec empire in present day mexico, was one of the worlds largest cities. First europeans to encounter it described it as an enchanted vision . Mound builders pg 5: native americans constructed a large community centered on a series of giant semicircular mounds on a bluff overlooking the mississippi river in present day louisiana. Known today as poverty point, it was a commercial and governmental center whose residents established trade routes throughout the mississippi and ohio river valleys. Cahokia pg 6: after the decline of the mound builders, another culture flourished in the mississippi river. Valley, centered on the city of cahokia near present day st. louis, a fortified community with between.
