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107334574Teotihuacan waslargest early city in Mesoamerica0
107334575The most important city of the Toltec's wasTula1
107334576The influence of the Maya on the Toltec can be seen in the similarities between Tula and the Maya city ofChichen Itza2
107334577The Toltec state collapsed by around 1175 becausecivil conflict and nomadic incursion3
107334578MexicaAztecs arrived in Mexico, reputation as troublemakers4
107334579The word Aztlán meansthe place of the 7 legendary caves5
107334580The capital of the Aztec empire wasTenochtitlan6
107334581The chinampa system refers todredged a rich and fertile much from the lakes bottom and built it up into small plots of fertile land7
107334582By the middle of the fifteenth century, the Mexica had formed a triple alliance withTexcoco and Tlacopan8
107334583The Aztec expansion began underItzcoatl9
107334584At its high point, the Aztec empire contained a population of around12 million10
107334585In regard to political structure the Aztec empirelocal government run by conquered people and organized tribute11
107334586In regard to military structure, the Aztecsno permanent standing army, simply assembled forces as needed when they launched campaigns of expansion or mounted expeditions12
107334587Bernal Díaz del Castillo wasa spanish soldier13
107334588In the Aztec social hierarchy most of the honors and rewards went to themilitary elite14
107334589Rulers among the Mexica were chosen bymost successful warriors15
107334590Women in Aztec societyhigh honors as mothers of warriors played no public role16
107334591The primary role of women in Mexica societybear children17
107334592A Mexica woman who died in childbirthgreat honors celebrated18
107334593Mexica priestsranked among military elite19
107334594Most Mexica slaveworked as domestic servants20
107334595When the Mexica migrated to central Mexico theythey spoke the nahuatl language and adopted the culture21
107334596Tezcatlipoca wasa powerful figure giver and taker of life and patron deity of warriors22
107334597Tezcatlipoca was also known as"the smoking mirror"23
107334598Most Aztec human sacrifices were in honor ofHuitzilopochtli24
107334599The Aztecs viewed human sacrificeviewed it as essential to world survival25
107334600North American societiesPueblo and Navajo26
107334601The Pueblo and Navajo peoples of the American southwesttapped river waters to irrigate crops of maize27
107334602The five Iroquois nations were theMohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca28
107334603Cahokia waslargest surviving mound29
107334604The North American Indian societiestrade networks30
107334605The kingdom of Chucuito was located indominated highlands region around lake titicaca31
107334606The capital city of Chimu wasChanchan32
107334607The ruins of Chanchanpopulation had 50,000 lie close to the modern city of Trujillo, massive brick buildings33
107334608The most important ruler in the expansion of the Inca empire wasPachacuti34
107334609The Inca imposed order?35
107334610The Inca quipu wasmnemonic aid consisted of an array of small cords36
107334611The capital of the Inca empire wasCuzco37
107334612Rulers of which group deliberated state policy in the presence of the mummies of their predecessors?ruling elite38
107334613The Inca sun god wasInti39
107334614The cultural and religious traditions of the Australian aboriginesmoral dimension, intense concern for immediate environment40
107334615The massive stone palace at Nan Madol was locatedon pohnpei in the Caroline Islands41
107334616The Hawaiian class of high chiefs were known as theali'I nui42
107334617A marae wasceremonial precinct and temple structure43

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