WHAP Ch. 11 Review Flashcards

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