chapter 11 Flashcards

274667137	maya	began around the same time as the classical civilizations of Europe and Asia. had collection of city-states all ruled by the same king	1
274667138	spanish	who destroyed much of the Mayan writing when they conquered the new world because they thought it was evil?	2
274667139	peasants and slaves	who consisted of the majority of the Mayan population?	3
274667140	toltecs	created a large empire reaching beyond central mexico. established a capital in Tula near the Teotihuacan civilizaiton of the classical period	4
274667141	quetzalcuatl	legend. feathered serpant (man with godlike attributes. according to legend he would return from the dead (depicted as a white man with a beard)	5
274667142	aztec	the center of population and political power that had shifted to the valley of mexico and its large chain of lakes. migrated and won control over all other groups in the 1200s	6
274667143	tenochtitlan	aztec capital believed to be a sacred place. was connected to the lake shores by four causeways and was crisscrossed by canals.	7
274667144	calpulli	aztec kin group who maintained temples and civic buildings	8