Unit 2 Chapter 7 Flashcards

105070926	Ayllus	communitiesobligated to aid each other in tasks that required more labor than one household can provide	0
105070927	Chinampas	floating gardens	1
105070928	Inca	cheif ruler; considered to be a deity descended from the sun, and his senior wife was seen as a link to the moon	2
105070929	Khipas	record keeping system using colored cords	3
105070930	Maya	Earliest heirs of Olmecs; centered society to east and south of Olmec settlements in what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador	4
105070931	Mit'a	system where each person owed compulsory labor services to the Inca state, men in charge of heavy labor..women with pottery, jewelry, and making textiles	5
105070932	Moche	people that grew on the foundations of the Chavin; thrived from 100-700 CE; built extensive irrigations systems	6
105070933	Quechua	language spread by trade roads	7
105070934	Quetzlcoatl	god forced to live in exhile in the east, "the land of the rising sun."	8
105070935	Slash and Burn (shifting) Agriculture	cut down everything then burned it and moved to new lands	9
105070936	Stelae	an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings	10
105070937	Teotihuacan	large city; center of religous rituals and governmants administrations	11
105070938	Toltecs	group that migrated from northwest Mexico; first to unify central Mexico again after people of Teotihuacan	12
105070939	Topiltzin	most famous ruler of Toltecs; priest associated with the god Quetzalcoatl	13
105070940	Tribute System	on conquered peoples, who had to contribute maize, beans, and other foods to support Tenochtitlan	14
105070941	Tenochtitlan	Aztec's main city-placed identified by eagke perched on cactus with a snake in its mouth	15