10391328717 | tribute | an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration | ![]() | 0 |
10391335447 | ayllus | in Incan society, a clan or community that worked together on projects required by the ruler | ![]() | 1 |
10391341361 | Mesoamerica | a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica | ![]() | 2 |
10391343266 | mother civilization | A civilization that has a culture that spreads. | ![]() | 3 |
10391346952 | hieroglyphics | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds | ![]() | 4 |
10391351767 | Classic Period | Running from roughly 1200 BCE to 455 CE | ![]() | 5 |
10391355372 | Obsidian | a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization. | ![]() | 6 |
10391356876 | Slash-and-burn agriculture | a widely used method of growing food in which wild or forested land is clear-cut and any remaining vegetation burned | ![]() | 7 |
10391361727 | Caracol | Observatory to study astronomy | ![]() | 8 |
10391369667 | Chichen Itza | Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the Northern Maya Lowlands from the Late Classic | ![]() | 9 |
10391372473 | Mayan | a large family of American Indian languages spoken in Central America and Mexico, of which the chief members are Maya and Quiché. | ![]() | 10 |
10391374923 | Maya | a member of an American Indian people of Yucatán and adjacent areas | ![]() | 11 |
10391376169 | Teotihuacan | a vast Mexican archaeological complex northeast of Mexico City | ![]() | 12 |
10391377625 | Olmec | a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico | ![]() | 13 |
10391380451 | Huaca del Sol | an adobe brick temple built by the Moche civilization | ![]() | 14 |
10391382102 | Huaca del Luna | a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru. | ![]() | 15 |
10391385960 | Moche | a pre-Inca culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries AD. | ![]() | 16 |
AP World History Vocab: Chapter 6 Flashcards
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