chapter 16 w.h. – Flashcards
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aztec
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- they were an extremely warlike people - they believed that their sun god needed human blood -they entered into triple alliance
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toltec
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- they built pyramids and temples - they were an extremely warlike people - they dominated central Mexico before the Aztec did
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Tenochtitlan
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- it was an Aztec city - it was a planned city - It was built on an island
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Teotihucan
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- its most valuable trade items was obsidian - it was organized as a city-state it was the first major civilization of central Mexico
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Quetzalcoatl
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- he was a war god - He was depicted as a feathered serpent - He was a god of the Toltec and the Aztec, among others
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pachacuti stands out in Inca history as the
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ruler who expanded the kingdom into an empire
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in Incan tradition, the ayllu was
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the small-group structure used for community work projects
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in the Ican empire, Mita was a type of
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labor tribute
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the Inca used the quipu to
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record data
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the decline of the Inca Empire can be traced to a
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struggle between rivals for the Inca throne
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Tikal was the name of an important Maya
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city
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Glyphs were used for
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the Maya writing system
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an early Maya most probably would have used a codex
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to keep track of important historical events
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the popol Vuh is a Maya story about the
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creation of the world
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the decline of the Maya occurred
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just a few years after the Spanish arrived
