C16: People & Empires in Americas (500-1500)
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- A ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity in some Northwest Coast tribes of Native Americans
- What is a Potlatch? p.441
- An early Native American people who live in the Amerivan Southwest. They lived as cliff dwellers inhabiting mesas or shallow coves in sheer walls of canyons.
- Who were the Anasazi? p. 443
- Anasazi (AD 900s) lived in these villages of large, apartment-style compounds made of stone & adobes/sun-baked clay.
- What is a Pueblo? p. 443.
- The last Mound-Builder culture from AD 800 until arrival of Europeans; the Adena built the huge earthen mounds in Eastern Great Lakes Region as burial sites for their dead containing copper and stone artifacts
- What is the Mississippian Culture? p. 443-4
- A group[ of tribes who formed a political alliance to ensure protection of their tribal leaders spoke related languagess.
- Who were the Iroquois? p.444
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A natural object used by an individual, clan, or group to identify itself. Helped define certain behaviors
sacred relationships among groups symbolic of family. - What is a Totem? p. 445
- The Maya built this cit in N. Guatemala betw. bew. AD 250 & 950. Other important sites were Copan, Palengue, Uxmal and Chichen Itza
- Where is Tikal? p. 446.
- A symbolic picture used as part of a writing system; carving messages in stone.
- What are Glyphs? p. 448.
- A book with pages that can be turned as in a modern day book; Maya used bark & paper books to record historical events.
- What is a Codex? p. 448
- A green/black volcanic glass found in the Valley of Mexico and used to make razor sharp weapons.
- What is Obsidian? p. 453.
- Means "Feathered Serpent" A God of the Toltecs and other MesoAmerican peoples.
- Who was Quetzalcoatl? P.453.
- An association of city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan which led to the formation of the Aztec Empire.
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What was the Triple Alliance?
p. 454. - In 1502, an Aztec ruler crowned Emperor who weakened the empire under his leadership due to opposition to increased tribute & sacrifices.
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Who was Montezuma II?
p. 456 - In AD1438, the 1st Incan Kingdom rulerwho conquered all of Peru and neighboring lands. By AD1500 included 2500 miles along west coast of S.A. called their empire "Land of the Quarters"
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Who was Pachacuti?
p. 459. - An extended family group which undertook tasks too big for a single family. Ex. were bldg. irrigation canals, cutting agriculure terraces in mtns., et. al
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What was the Ayllu?
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Labor tribute the Inca demanded of their subjects.
All able-bodied citizens worked for the state a certain number of days per year. (i.e., public works projects, state farmlands or crafts work production) - What is Mita? p. 461.
- A set of knotted strings used to record data; an Incan accounting device for recording numerical information.
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What is Quipu?
p. 461.