261602400 | sacred spirits and powers that resided or appeared in caves, mountain, rocks, river, and other natural phenomena | huacas | 0 | |
261602401 | toltec deity adopted by aztecs as a major god (feathered serpent) | quetzalcoatl | 1 | |
261602402 | leading aztec king of the 15th century | nezhualcoyotl | 2 | |
261602403 | succeeded teotihuacan culture in central mexico | toltec culture | 3 | |
261602404 | special merchant class in aztec society that specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items | pochteca | 4 | |
261602405 | system of knotted strings utilized by the incas in place of a writing system | quipu | 5 | |
261602406 | clans in aztec society that later expanded to include residential groups that distributed land and provided labor and warriors | calpulli | 6 | |
261602407 | major god of aztecs associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle | tlaloc | 7 | |
261602408 | a view created by spanish authors to describe inca society as a type of utopia | inca socialism | 8 | |
261602409 | inca religious center located at cuzco, center of state religion, held mummies of past incas | temple of the sun | 9 | |
261602410 | misnomer created by columbus referring to indigenous peoples of new world | indian | 10 | |
261602411 | way stations used by incas as inns and storehouses | tambos | 11 | |
261602412 | a class of people within inca society removed from their ayllus to serve permanently as servants, artisans, or workers for the inca or the inca nobility | yanas | 12 | |
261602413 | labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion | mita | 13 | |
261602414 | ruler of inca society that launched a series of military campaigns that gave incas control from cuzco to lake titicaca | pachacuti | 14 | |
261602415 | beds of aquatic weeds, mud, and earth placed in frames made of cane and rooted in lakes to create floating islands | chinampas | 15 | |
261602416 | city that became the center of aztec power | tenochtitlan | 16 | |
261602417 | ayllu chiefs with privileges of dress and access to resources | curacas | 17 | |
261602418 | inca practice of descent (all titles and political power went to successor, but wealth and land remained in hands of male descendants for support of cult of dead incas mummy) | split inheritance | 18 | |
261602419 | word for inca empire | twantinsuyu | 19 | |
261602420 | religious leader and reformer of the toltecs | topiltzin | 20 | |
261602421 | aztec tribal patron god | huitzilopchtli | 21 |
AP World History Ch. 11 Flashcards
Primary tabs
Need Help?
We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.
For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.
If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.
Need Notes?
While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!