101225043 | Toltecs | poeple who inhabited region north of Tenochtitlan. Famed for skill in trade and 900-1200 as warriors. | 0 | |
101225044 | Tenochtitlan | Nahua city-state lcated on island in Lake Texcoco. Capital of Aztec Empire in 1325 enlarged with Chinampu. Divided into 4 quarters. | 1 | |
101225045 | Capulli | kinship group that served in gov't and involved in community politics. | 2 | |
101225046 | Chinampas | beds of aquatic weed, mud, earth that are placed in frames made of cane and rooted to the floor. Created artificial floating islands. | 3 | |
101225047 | Split inheritance- | all political power and titles of the ruler went to successor, but all his palaces, wealth, land, and possessions remained in hands of male descedants. | 4 | |
101225048 | Mita | labor turns; a mandatory public service in socity of Inca Empire. Acted as a form of control. | 5 | |
101225049 | Ayllus | network of families in a given area | 6 | |
101225050 | Quipu | system of knotted strings to record numerical info and other info. | 7 | |
101225051 | Inca Socialism | image of Inca Empire as a carefully organized system in which every community collectively contributed to the whole. | 8 | |
101225052 | Pochteca | professional long-distance trading merchant class in Aztec Empire. They were vital in commerece and communication of information across the empire and beyond its borders. | 9 |
WHAP Ch. 11 Vocab Flashcards
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