AP World History Chap.11 – Flashcards
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Teotihuacan
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A powerful city-state in central Mexico (100-75 C.E.). Its population was about 150,000 at its peak in 600.
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Chinampas
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Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. (p. 301)
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Maya
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a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples
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Toltecs
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Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization. (p. 305)
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Aztecs
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(1200-1521) 1300, they settled in the valley of Mexico. Grew corn. Engaged in frequent warfare to conquer others of the region. Worshipped many gods (polytheistic). Believed the sun god needed human blood to continue his journeys across the sky. Practiced human sacrifices and those sacrificed were captured warriors from other tribes and those who volunteered for the honor.
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Tenochtitlan
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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. (p. 305)
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Tribute System
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A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies.
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Anasazi
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a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings
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Khipu
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System of knotted colored cords used by preliterate Andean peoples to transmit information. (p. 312)
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Ayllu
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in Incan society, a small community or family group whose members worked together for the common good of the peoples.
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Mit'a
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Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations. (p. 312)
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Moche
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ugly, 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. (p. 313)
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Wari
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Andean civilization culturally linked to Tiwanaku, perhaps beginning as colony of Tiwanaku. (p. 314)
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Tiwanaku
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Name of capital city and empire centered on the region near Lake Titicaca in modern Bolivia (375-1000 C.E.). (p. 315)
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Inca
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a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
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Vertical Integration
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absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution
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Calpulli
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Aztec clans that supplied labor and warriors to leaders
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Mita
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the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization, in the Incan empire, the requirement that all able-bodied subjects work for the state a certain number of days each year.
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Parallel Descent
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In Incan society, descent through both the mother and father
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Inca
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a member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s
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Machu Picchu
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Incan city,built of stone not from the mountain it's on,crossbeam at the entrance weighs several tons,still standing peru
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Quipu
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calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords
