AP Chapter 21 Flashcards
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| 5686285444 | Toltecs | 70 miles north of Mexico City. Toltecs built their capital city there. 10th-12th centuries the Toltecs dominated most of mexico | 0 | |
| 5686285445 | Mexica | The name the Aztecs called themselves | 1 | |
| 5686291907 | Quetzalcoatl | Aztec nature god, feathered serpent, his disappearance and promised return coincided with the arrival of Cortes | 2 | |
| 5686291908 | Pueblo | a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States | 3 | |
| 5686291926 | 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. | 4 | |
| 5686297122 | Tenochtitlan | Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins. | 5 | |
| 5686297123 | Chinampas | Raised fields or floating gardens constructed by the Aztecs along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. | 6 | |
| 5686301235 | Quipu | an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways. | 7 |