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| 234966561 | characteristics of american civilization during post classical period | sacrifices, highly developed agriculture | 0 | |
| 234966562 | northern nomadic people who enter central mexico | Toltecs | 1 | |
| 234966563 | capital of toltecs | Tula | 2 | |
| 234966564 | relationship btw toltecs and predecessors | toltecs conquer mayans | 3 | |
| 234966565 | how long did toltec empire last | till 1150 | 4 | |
| 234966566 | where did political power shift after toltec decline | lakes in valley of mexico | 5 | |
| 234966567 | successors of toltecs | aztecs | 6 | |
| 234966568 | when did aztecs come | 1325 | 7 | |
| 234966569 | cities challenging for dominance at time of aztec arrival | Texcoca | 8 | |
| 234966570 | when did tenochtitlan emerge as dominant force | 1434 | 9 | |
| 234966571 | result of aztec rise to power | triple alliance; regional politics; king is representation of sun God on earth | 10 | |
| 234966572 | impact of aztec expansion and conquest | strengthened position of nobles, rulers had wider powers, subject peoples forced to pay tribute, rewritten histories, human sacrifice tradition, kings represent sun God | 11 | |
| 234966573 | characteristics of aztec religion | gods of fertility, agricultural cycle, creation, warfare, sacrifice | 12 | |
| 234966574 | Central figure of cult of human sacrifice | Huizilopochtli | 13 | |
| 234966575 | Aztec view of history | some people were chosen to serve the gods | 14 | |
| 234966576 | characteristics of aztec capital | central zone of palaces and temples, surrounded by adobe brick residential districts, smaller palaces, markets; gardens for rulers enjoyment, zoo, 2 story houses | 15 | |
| 234966577 | chinampas | an aztec innovation related to intensive agriculture in the aquatic lake environments of central mexico | 16 | |
| 234966578 | nature of aztec economy | government have power but not full control | 17 | |
| 234966579 | calpulli | another name for clans that the aztec society was organized in | 18 | |
| 234966580 | functions of aztec kinship groups | distributing lands to neads of households, organizing labor gangs and military units in times of war, maintaining a temple and school | 19 | |
| 234966581 | aztec social hierarchy | nobles = Pipiltin | 20 | |
| 234966582 | aztec view of marriage and family | marriage arranged between lineages, virginity important, weaving skills important, nobles are polygamous while peasants are monogamous | 21 | |
| 234966583 | life of women | women have to work hard to grind corn while in mediterranean miller or baker would do it for them | 22 | |
| 234966584 | nature of aztec administration of subject territories | territories unchanged if people recognize aztec supremacy | 23 | |
| 234966585 | concept of inca socialism | state claimed all resources and redistributed them; divided conquered areas into lands for people, states, and priests; state provide material and each household make goods | 24 | |
| 234966586 | Marvin Harris | called the aztecs a canibal kingdom. cannibalism started when old world animal sacrifice was replaced by human sacrifice and never changed back | 25 | |
| 234966587 | chimor | most powerful of andean states btw 900 and 1465 following decline of Tihuanaco and Huari | 26 | |
| 234966588 | capital of inca empire | chan-chan | 27 | |
| 234966589 | ruller associated with first creation of inca empire | pachacuti | 28 | |
| 234966590 | tambos | way stations along inca road system | 29 |
