7418631152 | Mesoamerica | Region in central Mexico to Honduras/El Salvador | 0 | |
7418639561 | Colossal Human Heads | Sculpted heads of religious figures or rulers; from the Olmec civilization | 1 | |
7418663221 | Kaminaljuyu | Mayan Village located near present day Guatemala City; ceremonial center | 2 | |
7418673415 | Teotihuacan | large Mayan city in central Mexico, ceremonial center | 3 | |
7418679206 | Tikal | Most important Mayan political center, was really wealthy and had many pyramids | 4 | |
7420113773 | Chichen Itza | A mayan city that wanted to reduce hostility and arrange a large political structure. Took in captives of war instead of punishing them. | 5 | |
7420153541 | Popol Vuh | A Mayan myth that states gods created humans out of maize and water, which made their flesh and blood. | 6 | |
7420162625 | Bloodletting Rituals | Mayans believed if you spilled blood then you may communicate with ancestors and gods. | 7 | |
7420172096 | Mochica | Group of people located in northern Peru who had no writing, made pottery and were killed off due to climate. | 8 | |
7420188679 | Lapita | Earliest Austronesian migrants to sail into pacific ocean. Had agriculturally based villages and made pottery. | 9 | |
7435399331 | Eunuch | Man who's castrated | 10 | |
7435399332 | Zhou Dynasty | Longest lasting Chinese dynasty that founded the thoughts of Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism | 11 | |
7435399333 | Qin Dynasty | Dynasty that unified China | 12 | |
7435399334 | Confucianism | a belief system based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Confucius about social ordering | 13 | |
7435399335 | Period of Warring States | Last centuries of Zhou dynasty; divided region | 14 | |
7435399336 | Daoism/Taoism | Chinese philosophy, doing nothing is best, harmony with nature | 15 |
AP World History-Chp 6 + 8 Vocab Flashcards
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