AP World History Vocab: Chapter 6 Flashcards

10391328717	tribute	an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration	0
10391335447	ayllus	in Incan society, a clan or community that worked together on projects required by the ruler	1
10391341361	Mesoamerica	a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica	2
10391343266	mother civilization	A civilization that has a culture that spreads.	3
10391346952	hieroglyphics	An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds	4
10391351767	Classic Period	Running from roughly 1200 BCE to 455 CE	5
10391355372	Obsidian	a hard, dark, glasslike volcanic rock formed by the rapid solidification of lava without crystallization.	6
10391356876	Slash-and-burn agriculture	a widely used method of growing food in which wild or forested land is clear-cut and any remaining vegetation burned	7
10391361727	Caracol	Observatory to study astronomy	8
10391369667	Chichen Itza	Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the Northern Maya Lowlands from the Late Classic	9
10391372473	Mayan	a large family of American Indian languages spoken in Central America and Mexico, of which the chief members are Maya and Quiché.	10
10391374923	Maya	a member of an American Indian people of Yucatán and adjacent areas	11
10391376169	Teotihuacan	a vast Mexican archaeological complex northeast of Mexico City	12
10391377625	Olmec	a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico	13
10391380451	Huaca del Sol	an adobe brick temple built by the Moche civilization	14
10391382102	Huaca del Luna	a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru.	15
10391385960	Moche	a pre-Inca culture that flourished on the northern coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries AD.	16