ap world history chapter 21 Flashcards

5485328595	tenochtilan	the city founded on the island in Lake Texcoco by the Mexica, spanish conquerors made it mexico city, originally the site was very inconvenient but it offered many advantages; the lake provided a wide variety of food supplies and the water served as a defense on all sides	0
5485329534	chinampas	a system of agriculture developed by the Mexica, they dragged a rich and fertile muck from the bottom of the lake and put it on small plots of land, they were so productive that they could grow up to 7 crops each year, they used them to grow maize, beans, squash, tomatoes, peppers, and chiles	1
5485329535	toltecs	the first mesoamerican postclassical empire, preceded the mexica	2
5485331243	quetzalcoatl	a mesoamerican deity, translates to "feathered serpent", they god of wind and rain and the creator of the world and of mankind	3
5485331244	pueblo	a village	4
5485331245	inca	the most dominant tribe of the andes mountains during the postclassical era, based out of their capital cuzco, the largest empire in southamerica before the spanish came	5