105070926 | Ayllus | communitiesobligated to aid each other in tasks that required more labor than one household can provide | 0 | |
105070927 | Chinampas | floating gardens | 1 | |
105070928 | Inca | cheif ruler; considered to be a deity descended from the sun, and his senior wife was seen as a link to the moon | 2 | |
105070929 | Khipas | record keeping system using colored cords | 3 | |
105070930 | Maya | Earliest heirs of Olmecs; centered society to east and south of Olmec settlements in what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador | 4 | |
105070931 | Mit'a | system where each person owed compulsory labor services to the Inca state, men in charge of heavy labor..women with pottery, jewelry, and making textiles | 5 | |
105070932 | Moche | people that grew on the foundations of the Chavin; thrived from 100-700 CE; built extensive irrigations systems | 6 | |
105070933 | Quechua | language spread by trade roads | 7 | |
105070934 | Quetzlcoatl | god forced to live in exhile in the east, "the land of the rising sun." | 8 | |
105070935 | Slash and Burn (shifting) Agriculture | cut down everything then burned it and moved to new lands | 9 | |
105070936 | Stelae | an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | 10 | |
105070937 | Teotihuacan | large city; center of religous rituals and governmants administrations | 11 | |
105070938 | Toltecs | group that migrated from northwest Mexico; first to unify central Mexico again after people of Teotihuacan | 12 | |
105070939 | Topiltzin | most famous ruler of Toltecs; priest associated with the god Quetzalcoatl | 13 | |
105070940 | Tribute System | on conquered peoples, who had to contribute maize, beans, and other foods to support Tenochtitlan | 14 | |
105070941 | Tenochtitlan | Aztec's main city-placed identified by eagke perched on cactus with a snake in its mouth | 15 |
Unit 2 Chapter 7 Flashcards
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