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| 6052382889 | Ayllus | Households in Andean (Incan) societies that recognized some form of kinship, traced descent from some common, sometimes mythical ancestor | 0 | |
| 6052382890 | Calpulli | clans in Aztec society; evolved into residential groupings that distributed land and provided labor and warriors | 1 | |
| 6052382891 | Chinampas | Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. | 2 | |
| 6052382892 | Curacas | Ayllu chiefs with privileges of dress and access to resources; community leaders among Andean societies. | 3 | |
| 6052382893 | Huacas | Holy shrines of the Incas found in Peru. | 4 | |
| 6052382894 | Huayna Capac | (ca. 1464 - 1525 CE) The emperor of the Inca Empire who significantly expanded the empire through military conquest. He was also known for implementing and refining a large number of public works that improved the lives of his people. | 5 | |
| 6052382895 | Huitzilopochtli | Aztec tribal patron god; central figure of cult of human sacrifice and warfare; identified with old sun god | 6 | |
| 6052382896 | Inca Empire | (1450-1572 CE), Largest Empire ever built in South America; territory extended 2,500 miles from north to south and embraced almost all of modern Peru, most of Ecuador, much of Bolivia, and parts of Chile and Argentina; maintained effective control from the early 15th century until the coming of Europeans in the early 16th century. As the most powerful people of Andean America, the Inca dominated Andean society until the coming of Europeans; was an extremely diverse culture cause it spanned north and south rather then east and west. | 7 | |
| 6052382897 | Indians | Misnomer created by Columbus referring to the indigenous people of the New World, implies social and ethnic commonality among Native Americans that did not exist, still used to apply to Native Americans | 8 | |
| 6052382898 | Mita | Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations. | 9 | |
| 6052382899 | Nezahualcoyotl | A poet and king of the city-state of Texcoco, which was part of the Aztec Empire. | 10 | |
| 6052382900 | 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 | 11 | |
| 6052382901 | Pochteca | Special merchant class in Aztec society, specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items | 12 | |
| 6052382902 | Quetzalcoatl | Aztec nature god, feathered serpent, his disappearance and promised return coincided with the arrival of Cortes | 13 | |
| 6052382903 | Quipu | An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information. | 14 | |
| 6052382904 | Tawantinsuyu | Inca empire of 4 provinces. Ruled by the Sapa Inca (one of the sons of the previous Sapa Inca; son of the Sun and Moon). Capital: Cuzco. | 15 | |
| 6052382905 | Temple of the Sun | Inca religious center located at Cuzco; center of state religion; held mummies of past Incas | 16 | |
| 6052382906 | Tenochtitlan | Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins. | 17 | |
| 6052382907 | Tlaloc | Major god of the Aztecs, associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle, god of rain | 18 | |
| 6052382908 | Toltec | Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization. (p. 305) | 19 | |
| 6052382909 | Topac Yupanqui | Pachacuti's son and successor from 1471 to 1493; conquered northern coastal kingdom of Chimor by seizing it's irrigation system; extended Inca control into the southern area of what is now Ecuador. | 20 | |
| 6052382910 | Topiltzin | Religious leader and reformer of the Toltecs in the 10th century, dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl, after losing the struggle for power, he went into exile in the Yucatan peninsula | 21 | |
| 6052382911 | 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. | 22 | |
| 6052382912 | flowery death | Death while taking prisoners for the sacrificial knife. It was a fitting end to a noble life and ensured eternity in the highest heaven. (A reward also promised to women who died in childbirth) | 23 | |
| 6052382913 | split inheritance | Inca practice of ruler descent; all titles and political power went to successor, but wealth and land remained in hands of male descendants for support of dead Inca's mummy | 24 | |
| 6052382914 | 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 | 25 |
