Ap World History Chapter 11 Meso-American Flashcards
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| 3205844978 | Teotihuacan | -Massive City -Densely populated -Great Temples -Vast system of streets and plazas -Nick named "The Grand Fathers" |  | 0 |
| 3205882309 | Mayans | -Lived in City states -Stalla (their writing) -Calendar -Astronomy -Math -Massive Temples |  | 1 |
| 3205912518 | Toltecs | -Central Mexico -Emerged after Teotihuacan -Human sacrifice -Wide spread trade | 2 | |
| 3205927237 | Topiltzin | -The military leader -Priest -Quetzalcoatl -Banished for worship of Quetzalcoatl | 3 | |
| 3205955024 | Anasazi | -Silver and Turquoise | 4 | |
| 3205958077 | Hopewell | -Carved hills into shapes -Cahokia -The Cahokia mounds |  | 5 |
| 3205965899 | Cahokia | -Massive city -Upwards of 30,000 population -Located in modern day Illinois |  | 6 |
| 3205974139 | Aztecs | -Mexica -Lake Texcoco -Tribute -Mahout -Tenochtitlan (Capital) | 7 | |
| 3205983384 | Lake Texcoco | -Tenochtitlan -"Home" of the Aztecs |  | 8 |
| 3206019720 | Tenochtitlan | -City of The Aztecs -In the center of Lake Texcoco -Connected to the main land by cosways -Capital of the Aztecs -Most powerful independent power in the region |  | 9 |
| 3206040078 | Talacenlel | 10 | ||
| 3206042460 | Aztec Religion | -Traditional Deities -Fire -Water -Earth -Sun -Duality -God Patrons -Certain gods for certain things -The Three Themes -Huitzilopotchli |  | 11 |
| 3206061145 | Duality | -Feminine consort or form of a god | 12 | |
| 3206076370 | The Three Themes | -The themes gods fell under 1. Fertility 2. Creator 3. Warfare and Sacrifice | 13 | |
| 3206086186 | Huitzilopotchli | -The Sun God | 14 | |
| 3206096525 | Aztec Economy and Society | -Tenochtitlan -Chinampas -Pochteca -Calpulli -Sacrifices -Low technological advancement -High Population density | 15 | |
| 3220576837 | Chinampas | -Self watering gardens -Floats on water -Ability to grow for crops of corn consecutive |  | 16 |
| 3220584453 | Pochteca | -Merchant class of Aztecs | 17 | |
| 3220587178 | Calpulli | -Clans -7 different clans -Residential groupings -All organized their own labor and military units | 18 | |
| 3220593875 | Sacrifices | -The main goal for Aztec military -The military bring them back for tribute to gods -They had to be strong, the gods did not like weaklings |  | 19 |
| 3220602827 | Aztec Women | -Virginity was highly prized -Could get property | 20 | |
| 3220620951 | Technology | -Low technological advancement -Didn't invent the wheel | 21 | |
| 3220629524 | Aztec Tribute Empire | -Great Speaker -God King -Prime Minister -Great amount of power -Usual Family of the great speaker -Empire never integrated -Taloxucals |  | 22 |
| 3220649330 | Incas | -Chimor -Quechua -Cuzco -Pachacuti -Twantisuyu |  | 23 |
| 3220719826 | Chimor | -Chan Chan -Capital of Incas -Strongest Incan City | 24 | |
| 3220725421 | Quechua | -Language of Incas | 25 | |
| 3220725422 | Cuzco | -Incan city -Temple of the Sun | 26 | |
| 3220726270 | Pachacuti | -Incan Leader (1438- 1471) -Expanded Empire to Titicaca | 27 | |
| 3220727851 | Twantisuyu | -Incan Empire -Rapid expansion | 28 | |
| 3220745812 | Incan Religion | -Cult of ancestors -Mummification -Split Inheritance -Temple of the Sun -Form of Animism -Huacas | 29 | |
| 3233531304 | Split Inheritance | -Political power goes to new Inca -Land and Wealth goes to old Inca's son | 30 | |
| 3233535905 | Temple of the Sun | -Center of Incan Religion -In Cuzco | 31 | |
| 3233548485 | Huacas | -Shrines -Offerings are placed for the gods of these shrines | 32 | |
| 3233558362 | Incan Imperial Rule | -Inca -High Priest -4 great provinces -State Bureaucracy -Mitmaq -Roads and Bridges -Mita | 33 | |
| 3233581552 | Inca | -The Incan Ruler | 34 | |
| 3233592737 | The Four Great Provinces | -4 great states -Ruled by Governors (Sorta like Vassals) -Who report to the Inca | 35 | |
| 3233603243 | Mitmaq | -Colonists | 36 | |
| 3233604839 | Mita | -Incan Labor Term -Service to the government -Helped control the Incan colonial states | 37 | |
| 3233627806 | Incan Society | -Incan Administrators -No distinct merchant class -Allyu -Artisans -Metal works and Pottery -No system of writing -Quipu | 38 | |
| 3233649132 | Allyu | -Kinship Groups | 39 | |
| 3233655496 | Quipu | -Noted Strings -Record Keeping |  | 40 |