AP WORLD HISTORY MESOAMERICA Flashcards

5964406192	Incas	A Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.	0
5964408735	Mayans	1500 B.C. to 900 A.D. This is the most advanced civilization of the time in the Western Hempishere. Famous for its awe-inspiring temples, pyramids and cities. A complex social and political order.	1
5964408737	Aztecs	Also known as Mexica, they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.	2
5964410963	Chavin	the first major South American civilization, which flourished in the highlands of what is now Peru from about 900 to 200 B.C.	3
5964413935	Teotihuacan	first major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun".	4
5964415897	architecture	step pyramids, terracing, temples, shrines, pottery	5
5964418928	animism	Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.	6
5964430715	Moche	civilization of north coast of Peru (200-700 C.E.). An important Andean civilization that built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers dominated by brick temples.	7
5964430716	Chimu	Powerful Peruvian civilization based on conquest. Located in the region earlier dominated by Moche. Conquered by Inca in 1465. (p. 314)	8
5964436478	Andes	a mountain chain of western South America	9
5964440663	Cahokia	an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200.	10
5964446733	achievements	astronomy, calendar	11
5964452018	rituals	bloodletting, human sacrifice, agricultural sacrifice	12
5964458661	domestication	alpacas, llamas, squash/gourds, maize, beans, peppers, potatoes,	13