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Chinampas
floating gardens used to increase farmland
Stelae
altars where blood taken from human prisoners and thousands was sacrificed
Pok a Tok
a ritual ball court, also known as _____
tattoos
something that elites decorated their bodies with
Sun at Cuzco
a magnificent Temple that was the center of state religion.
khipu
the system of knotted cords and beads was used for counting
Terraces
built into hillsides for farming by the Inca
Mit’a System
under this system, each person owed compulsory labor service to the Inca state.
Orejones
_____ = big ears.
wearing ear spools, which enlarged a person’s ears, was a demonstration of privilege and wealth in Incan society.
Anasazi
a group of people who settled in the American Southwest
Most villages contained ritual enclosures called kivas. Ritual items including skeletal remains of Mexican macaws have been found in these sites
The Anasazi abandoned the area around 1300
Used river water to irrigate crops of maize, beans, squash, and sunflowers
Pueblos
permanent adobe and stone buildings built by the Anasazi
Cahokia
“mound builders”
People who built Cahokia also had settlements along the Mississippi valley and modern St. Louis
Eighty mounds of different sizes are located here. The area was abandoned around 1300.
Cultivated beans and maize in a natural environment filled with trees & rain.
“Mound Builders”
what the Cahokia were known as. Mounds served as stages for ceremonies, platforms for dwellings, and burial sites
Aztecs
(1300-1521) they developed into a powerful mesoamerican empire
Teotihuacan
was the center of religious ritual and government located to the north of the Maya that impacted the Aztecs.
Pyramids
____ were built of the sun and the moon, by the Aztecs
Quetzalcoatl
a powerful god worshiped by the people of Teotihuacan
Huitzilopochtli
the chief god of Aztec religion. The Aztecs had a large and powerful group of priests that practiced bloody rituals to please him
Obsidian Knife/knife made of obsidian
During religious sacrificial ceremonies, Aztec priests cut the heart from the victim’s chest with a ____ and he heart was then eaten by members of the elite.
Tribute System
a system imposed on those conquered by the Aztecs, allowing them to rise to power on military prowess.
The Inca
(1200-1533) they became a powerful South American empire.
The chief ruler was called the Inca and was considered a deity descended from the sun.
The Inca’s wife was believed to be connected to the moon.
The Inca understood that different crops grew at different altitudes, and used metal tools, fertilizers, irrigation, dams, and canals.
Expansion was made possible by agricultural advances that increased food supply.
Llamas and Alpacas
used _____ as "beasts of burden”
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