AP World History Chapter 6 Flashcards

7097684287	tribute	Payments from the conquered to the conqueror	0
7097684288	ayllus	Small communities based on the idea of communal work.	1
7097684289	Mesoamerica	Mexico and Central America; produced great civilizations	2
7097684725	mother civilization	A civilization that has influence on later civilizations	3
7097684950	hieroglyphics	a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols	4
7097684951	Classic Period	Between 250 and 900 C.E. when Mayan civilization reached its height	5
7097685075	Obsidian	Hard glass rock	6
7097685194	Slash-and-burn agriculture	Cutting down trees and plants in a patch of forest and then burning them	7
7097685195	Caracol	An observatory	8
7097685420	Chichen Itza	A Mayan city	9
7097685421	Mayan	An ancient civilization in Mesoamerica	10
7097685422	Maya	The Mayan people	11
7097685767	Teotihuacan	Its name comes from a word in the Nahuatl language that may have meant "birthplace of the gods".	12
7097685874	Olmec	Foundational civilization that heavily influenced two later groups, the Mayan and Aztec civilizations.	13
7097685875	Huaca del Sol	Temple of the Sun	14
7097686005	Huaca del Luna	Temple of the Moon	15
7097686070	Moche	A civilization in the Andes that followed Chavin	16