AP World History-Chp 6 + 8 Vocab Flashcards

7418631152	Mesoamerica	Region in central Mexico to Honduras/El Salvador	0
7418639561	Colossal Human Heads	Sculpted heads of religious figures or rulers; from the Olmec civilization	1
7418663221	Kaminaljuyu	Mayan Village located near present day Guatemala City; ceremonial center	2
7418673415	Teotihuacan	large Mayan city in central Mexico, ceremonial center	3
7418679206	Tikal	Most important Mayan political center, was really wealthy and had many pyramids	4
7420113773	Chichen Itza	A mayan city that wanted to reduce hostility and arrange a large political structure. Took in captives of war instead of punishing them.	5
7420153541	Popol Vuh	A Mayan myth that states gods created humans out of maize and water, which made their flesh and blood.	6
7420162625	Bloodletting Rituals	Mayans believed if you spilled blood then you may communicate with ancestors and gods.	7
7420172096	Mochica	Group of people located in northern Peru who had no writing, made pottery and were killed off due to climate.	8
7420188679	Lapita	Earliest Austronesian migrants to sail into pacific ocean. Had agriculturally based villages and made pottery.	9
7435399331	Eunuch	Man who's castrated	10
7435399332	Zhou Dynasty	Longest lasting Chinese dynasty that founded the thoughts of Confucianism, Daoism, and legalism	11
7435399333	Qin Dynasty	Dynasty that unified China	12
7435399334	Confucianism	a belief system based on the ideas of the Chinese thinker Confucius about social ordering	13
7435399335	Period of Warring States	Last centuries of Zhou dynasty; divided region	14
7435399336	Daoism/Taoism	Chinese philosophy, doing nothing is best, harmony with nature	15