AP World History Chapter 12 Flashcards

8506083540	Indians	Name Columbus gave to Native Americans when he arrived in America, but thought he was in the Indies.	0
8506155350	Toltec culture	succeeded Teotihuacan in central Mexico, influenced culture there for centuries.	1
8506228563	Toltec Empire	established in 968 in central Mexico, expanded into Central America, and fell to nomadic invaders in 1150.	2
8506237511	Cahokia	centered in St. Louis, the Mound Builders of Cahokia lived on 5 square miles and contained 30,000 people.	3
8506276193	Tenochtitlan	settled by Aztec people in 1325, on Lake Texcoco.	4
8506308349	chinampas	"floating islands" made of mud, sand, and weeds in lakes, provided most Aztec agriculture.	5
8506313387	pochteca	merchant class in Aztec society; specialized in long distance trade and luxury items.	6
8506316880	calpulli	clans that the Aztec naturally divided into, 7 of them.	7
8506337172	The Great Speaker	rulers of city-states within the Aztec empire.	8
8506357356	Incan Empire	flourished in South America between 1400 and 1533.	9
8506357357	Pachacuti	ruler of Inca society from 1438 to 1471; gained control of land from Cuzco to Lake Titicaca.	10
8506359776	Twantinsuyu	the Inca name that they gave their empire, which stretched from Columbia to Chile, and East into Argentina.	11
8506381449	Temple of the Sun	religious center in Cuzco; held mummies of past rulers.	12
8506386464	tambos	Inca storehouses and inns for armies or mailmen on the move.	13
8506388007	Quechua	language of the Inca.	14