Ap world history chapter 11 terms.
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| 36848259 | Indians | Misnomer created by Columbus referring to the indigenous people of the New World; implies social and ethnic commonality among the Native Americans that did not exist; still used to apply to Native Americans |  | 0 |
| 36848260 | Toltec Culture | Succeeded Teotihuacan culture in central Mexico; strongly militaristic ethic including human sacrifice; influenced large territory after 1000 C.E.; declined after 1200 C.E. | 1 | |
| 36848261 | Topiltzin | Religious leader and reformer of the Toltecs in 10th century; dedicated to god Quetzalcoatl; after losing struggle for power; went into exile in the Yucatan peninsula | 2 | |
| 36848262 | Tenochtitlan | Founded c. 1325 on marshy island in Lake Texcoco;became part of the Aztec power; joined with Tlacopan and Texcoco in 1434 to form a triple alliance that controlled most of central plateau of Mesoamerica | 3 | |
| 36848263 | Tlaloc | one of the major Aztec gods associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle as the god of rain | 4 | |
| 36848264 | Huitzilophochtli | Aztec tribal patron with God; central figure of cult of human sacrifice and warfare; idenified told sun god | 5 | |
| 36848265 | Nezhualcoyotl | Leading Aztec king of the 15th century. | 6 | |
| 36848266 | Chinampas | Beds of aquatic weeds, mud, and earth placed in frames made of cane and rooted in lakes to create "floating islands"; system of irrigated agriculture utilized by Aztecs | 7 | |
| 36848267 | Pochtea | Special merchant class in Aztec society; specialized in long- distance trade in luxury items | 8 | |
| 36848268 | Calpulli | Clans in Aztec society, later explanded to include residential groups that distributed land and provided labor and warriors | 9 | |
| 36848269 | Pachacuti | Ruler of Inca society from 1438 to 1471; launched a series of military campaigns that gave Incas control of the region from Cuzco to the shores of Lake Titicaca | 10 | |
| 36928681 | Twantinsuyu | Word from Incan Empire; region from present-day Columbia to Chile and eastward to northern Argentina | 11 | |
| 36928682 | Split Inheritance | Inca practice of descent, all titles and political power went to successor, but wealth and land remained in hands of male descendents for support of cult of dead Inca's mummy | 12 | |
| 36928683 | Temple of the Sun | Inca religious center located at Cuzco; center of state religion; held mummies of past Incas | 13 | |
| 36929617 | Tambos | Way stations used by Incas as inns and storehouses; supply centers for Inca armies on move; relay points for system of runners used to carry messages | 14 | |
| 36929618 | Mita | Labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion; all communities were expected to contribute; an essential aspect of Inca imperial control. | 15 | |
| 36929619 | Yanas | A class of people within Inca society removed from their ayllus to serve permanently as servants, artisans, or workers for the inca or the Inca nobility. | 16 | |
| 36929620 | Quipu | System of knotted strings utilized by the Incas in place of a writing system; could contain numerical and other types of information for censuses and financial records | 17 |
