AP World - Chapter 11 Flashcards

8185647124	Teotihuacan	"The Place of the Gods"; first planned city in the Americas in the Valley of Mexico	0
8185658540	chinampas	Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.	1
8185662703	Maya	Ancient civilization located in Yucatan Peninsula and present day Guatemala	2
8185675899	Toltecs	Central American society that was centered around the city of Tula	3
8185682944	Aztecs	Ancient civilization (1200-1521AD) that was located in what is present-day Mexico City	4
8185692650	Tenochtitlan	The captial city of the Aztecs.	5
8185698873	tribute system	Aztec system of collecting payments from conquered groups in the form of crops	6
8185705578	Anasazi	An early Native American people who lived in the American Southwest; lived in cliff dwellings	7
8185711217	khipu	Incan record keeping system using knots and beads on rope	8
8185718529	ayllu	Small community or clan whose members worked together for the common good	9
8185723643	mit'a	a mandatory public service in the society of the Inca empire; rotational labor draft to work the fields and herd animals	10
8185737692	Olmec	The first Mesoamerican civilization. Had a huge impact on the development of Toltec and Aztec cultures.	11
8185761165	Maize	An early form of corn grown by Native Americans	12
8185778298	Inca Empire	South American civilization; influenced by Andes mountains; developed terrace farming; built mountain roads	13
8185837264	Mound Builders	Used earth for religious, ceremonial, burial purposes; great lakes, ohio river valley	14
8185841214	Moche	a pre-Inca culture that flourished on the coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries AD.	15
8185859832	Mohenjo-Daro	Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system.	16