8185647124 | Teotihuacan | "The Place of the Gods"; first planned city in the Americas in the Valley of Mexico | ![]() | 0 |
8185658540 | chinampas | Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. | ![]() | 1 |
8185662703 | Maya | Ancient civilization located in Yucatan Peninsula and present day Guatemala | ![]() | 2 |
8185675899 | Toltecs | Central American society that was centered around the city of Tula | ![]() | 3 |
8185682944 | Aztecs | Ancient civilization (1200-1521AD) that was located in what is present-day Mexico City | ![]() | 4 |
8185692650 | Tenochtitlan | The captial city of the Aztecs. | ![]() | 5 |
8185698873 | tribute system | Aztec system of collecting payments from conquered groups in the form of crops | 6 | |
8185705578 | Anasazi | An early Native American people who lived in the American Southwest; lived in cliff dwellings | ![]() | 7 |
8185711217 | khipu | Incan record keeping system using knots and beads on rope | ![]() | 8 |
8185718529 | ayllu | Small community or clan whose members worked together for the common good | ![]() | 9 |
8185723643 | mit'a | a mandatory public service in the society of the Inca empire; rotational labor draft to work the fields and herd animals | 10 | |
8185737692 | Olmec | The first Mesoamerican civilization. Had a huge impact on the development of Toltec and Aztec cultures. | ![]() | 11 |
8185761165 | Maize | An early form of corn grown by Native Americans | ![]() | 12 |
8185778298 | Inca Empire | South American civilization; influenced by Andes mountains; developed terrace farming; built mountain roads | 13 | |
8185837264 | Mound Builders | Used earth for religious, ceremonial, burial purposes; great lakes, ohio river valley | ![]() | 14 |
8185841214 | Moche | a pre-Inca culture that flourished on the coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries AD. | ![]() | 15 |
8185859832 | Mohenjo-Daro | Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system. | ![]() | 16 |
AP World - Chapter 11 Flashcards
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