ap world history ch.21 Flashcards

122180419	Aliæi nui	Hawaiian class of high chiefs.	0
122180420	Aztec empire	Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I.	1
122180421	Cahokia	Large structure in modern Illinois that was constructed by the mound-building peoples; it was the third largest structure in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans.	2
122180422	Chimu	Pre-Incan South American society that fell to Incas in the fifteenth century.	3
122180423	Chinampas	Style of agriculture used by Mexica (Aztecs) in which fertile muck from lake bottoms was dredged and built up into small plots.	4
122180424	Chucuito	Pre-Incan South American society that rose in the twelfth century and fell to the Incas in the fifteenth century.	5
122180425	Huitzilopochtli	Sun god and patron deity of the Aztecs.	6
122180426	Inca empire	Powerful South American empire that would reach its peak in the fifteenth century during the reigns of Pachacuti Inca and Topa Inca.	7
122180427	Iroquois	Eastern American Indian confederation made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes.	8
122180428	Marae	Polynesian temple structure.	9
122180429	Métis	Canadian term for individuals of mixed European and indigenous ancestry.	10
122180430	Oceania	Term referring to the Pacific Ocean basin and its lands.	11
122180431	Quetzalcoatl	Aztec god, the "feathered serpent," who was borrowed originally from the Toltecs; Quetzalcoatl was believed to have been defeated by another god and exiled, and he promised to return.	12
122180432	Quipu	Incan mnemonic aid comprised of different colored strings and knots that served to record events in the absence of a written text.	13
122180433	Tenochtitlan	Capital of the Aztec empire, later Mexico City.	14
122180434	Toltecs	Central American society (950-1150) that was centered around the city of Tula.	15
122180435	Yucatan	Peninsula in Central America, home of the Maya.	16