WHAP Ch. 11 Vocab Flashcards

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