The Americas Flashcards
Chapter 12: The Americas
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| 143234811 | Mesoamerica | means "Middle America" | |
| 143234812 | causeway | land bridges used to connect the island to the mainland | |
| 143234813 | chinampa | human-made island; floating gardens used to grow beans, peppers, and maize | |
| 143234814 | scale | the size of a map in relation to what it shows | |
| 143234815 | quinoa | grain high in protein; grown in the high Andes | |
| 143234816 | terrain | physical features of the land | |
| 143234817 | Quechua | the Inca language | |
| 143234818 | mitima | conquered people were split, some stayed and some went to live in new places | |
| 143234819 | quipu | group of colored, knotted string; used by Incas to store information | |
| 143234820 | wigwam | round, bark-covered shelters | |
| 143234821 | longhouse | long, wooden building where several families lived | |
| 143234822 | palisade | tall, wooden fence that surrounded a village | |
| 143234823 | earth lodge | log home covered with packed earth; home during long, cold winter | |
| 143234824 | mesa | flat-topped hill with steep, sloping sides | |
| 143234825 | totem pole | used to identify tribe; tall wooden post with carved and painted human and animal faces | |
| 143234826 | tundra | flat and treeless plain of frozen ground | |
| 143270640 | Aztecs | feared warriors who won battle after battle | |
| 143270641 | Aztecs | lived a nomadic life in northern Mexico | |
| 143270642 | homeland | eagle with snake in mouth, sitting on cactus | |
| 143270643 | Nahuatl | Aztec language | |
| 143270644 | Mexico | named from Aztec people calling themselves Mexica | |
| 143270645 | Lake Texcoco | small, swampy island where eagle with snake was seen | |
| 143270646 | Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital city | |
| 143270647 | Motecuhzoma | Aztec ruler, also known as Montezuma | |
| 143270648 | True | Aztecs had calendar | |
| 143270649 | True | Aztecs had number system | |
| 143270650 | True | Aztecs developed system of hieroglyphic writing | |
| 143270651 | True | Aztec women were allowed to own property and manage businesses | |
| 143270652 | True | Aztec culture had slaves | |
| 143270653 | False | Aztecs worshipped one god | |
| 143270654 | True | Aztecs sacrificed to the gods | |
| 143270655 | Spanish | enemy that ended Aztec empire | |
| 143270656 | Andes | mountains where Incas lived | |
| 143270657 | Cuzco | Inca capital city | |
| 143270658 | True | Incas attacked other villages because of shortage of land and other resources | |
| 143270659 | True | families paid labor tax to support Inca rule | |
| 143270660 | True | Incas wore beautiful, finely made clothing | |
| 143270661 | True | most Incas worked on government-owned farms | |
| 143270662 | True | Incas used irrigation and fertilizer to raise food | |
| 143270663 | deer | hunted in Eastern Woodlands | |
| 143270664 | buffalo | hunted in the Plains | |
| 143270665 | Desert Southwest | one of the most advanced civilizations in North America | |
| 143270666 | Pueblo | Spanish word for village | |
| 143270667 | Northwest Coast and Arctic | one of the first regions north of Mexico where Native Americans used metal |