The Earth And Its Peoples chapter 11 vocab
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| 36304724 | Teotihuacan | a powerful city-state in central mexico (100 BCE-750 CE). Its population was about 150,000 at its peak in 600 | 0 | |
| 36304725 | Chinampas | Floating gardens | 1 | |
| 36304726 | Maya | Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's yucatan peninsula and in guatemala and honduras but never unified into a single empire. major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar. | 2 | |
| 36304727 | Toltecs | powerful postclassic empire in central mexico (990-1168 CE). It influenced much of mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization | 3 | |
| 36304728 | Aztecs | Also known as Mexica, the Aztecs created a powerful empire in central mexico (1325-1521 CE). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax | 4 | |
| 36304729 | Tenochtitlan | capital of aztec empire, located on an island in lake texcoco. its population was about 125,000 on the eve of spanish conquest. mexico city was constructed on its ruins. | 5 | |
| 36304730 | tribute system | a system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. this forced transfer of food, cloth and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. an important component of the aztec and inca economies. | 6 | |
| 36304731 | Anasazi | important culture of what is now the southwest united state (1000-1300 CE). centered on chaco canyon in new mexico and mesa verde colorado, the anasazi culture built multistory residences and worshiped in subterranean buildings called kivas | 7 | |
| 36304732 | cheifdom | form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. less powerful than kingdoms and empires, chiefdoms were based on a gift giving and commercial links. | 8 | |
| 36304733 | khipus | system of knotted colored cords used by preliterate andean peoples to transmit information | 9 | |
| 36304734 | mit'a | Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations. | 10 | |
| 36304735 | Moche | Civilzation of north coast peru (200-700 CE). An important Andean civilization that built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers dominated by brick temples | 11 | |
| 36304736 | Wari | andean civilization culturally linked to tiwanaku, perhaps beginning as a colony of tiwanaku | 12 | |
| 36304737 | Inca | largest and most powerful andean empire. controlled the pacific coast of south aerica from ecuador to chile from its capital of cuzco | 13 | |
| 36304738 | ayllu | Andean lineage group or kin-based community | 14 |
