World History Chapter 16
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- Pacific Northwest culture
- From oregon to Alaskawich includes the Kwal Kult, Nootka, Haida tribes
- POTLATCH
- CEREMONY WERE THE KWAKIUTL, NOOTKA, AND HAIDA TRIBES SHOWED THEIR WEALTH AND RANK BY GIVING FOOD, AND GIFTS TO THE COMMUNITY.
- HOHOKAM
- TRIBE OF SOUTHWEST DESERT LANDS THAR WERE SUCCESSFUL FARMERS WHO USED IRRIGATION TO PRODUCE CORN, BEANS AND SQUASH.
- ANASAZI
- TRIBE THAT LIVED IN PRESENT DAY STATES OF UTAH, ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO , THAT BUILT CLIFF DWELLINGS.
- PUEBLOS
- VILLAGE OF LARGE, APARTMENT-STYLE COMPOUNDS MADE OF STONE AND SUN-BAKED CLAY
- KIVAS
- UNDERGROUND CERMONIAL CHAMBERS USED BY ANASAZI FOR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
- PUEBLO PEOPLES
- DESCENDANTS OF ANASAZI THAT CONTINUED MANY ANASZI CUSTOMS IE. HOPI AND ZUNI
- PLAINS INDIANS
- TRIBES TO THE EAST THAT BECAME KNOW BY THE COMANCHE, KIOWA, AND APACHE THEY TRADE WITH PUEBLO PEOPLES
- `MOUND BUILDERS
- PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN WOODED LANDS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPIE RIVER THAT BUILT MOUNDS FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSEES
- MISSISSIPPIAN
- LAST MOUND CULTUREWHO BUILT PYRAMIDS INCENTER OF TOWN, ECONOMY WAS BASED ON TRADE AND FARMING
- CAHOKIA
- LARGEST CITY OF MISSISSIPPIAN CULTURE. HAD 100 FT. HIGH PYRMIDIN CENTOR OF TOWN.
- WOODLAND PEOPLES
- PEOPLE OF EASTERN WOODED AREA. THAT HAD SIMILAR ENVIR. AS MISSISSIPPLANS, BUT SPOKE DISTINCT LANGUAGES.
- IROQUOIS
- LIVED IN EASTERN GREAT LAKES AREA. HAD STRONG ALLIANCE WITH TRIBES THAT SPOKE SAME LANGUAGE
- TOTEMS
- NATURAL ITEM THAT CLEAN OR GROUP IDENTIFIES WITH
- MAYA
- CULTURE. WHO HAD EXTRAORDINARY CIVILIZATION IN MESO AMERICA
- Tikal
- Mayan city in Northern Guatemala that was ruled by a god-king and was a center for religious ceremonies.
- Cacao
- Chocolate bean that was money in Mayan culture.
- Chichen Itza
- Religous place of Mayans, where human sacrifices were made.
- Cenote
- Deep sinkhole lake
- Glyphs
- Advanced writing system that used pictures or symbels for words.
- Codex
- Bark-paper book useds by Mayans to record historical events.
- Popul Vuh
- Mayan book writen after the arrival of Spanish. Talks aaabout Mayan version of creation.
- Three major achievements of the Mayan civilization.
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Calendar
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Written Language - What were the two main buildings found in Chichen Itza
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El Caracol- {The Snail} Observatory
El Castllo- {The Castle}Temple - Decline of Mayan civilization
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Desease
Over farming
Warfare - Years passeds between decline of Mayan civilization and arrival of Spanish
- 700 Years
- Aztecs
- Civilization that became greatest empire of Meso America. Developed in Valley of Mexico. Poor, nomadic.
- Teotihuacan
- First major civilization of central Mexico. City-state;home to Pyramid of Sun
- Obsidian
- Hard, glassy green or black rock found in Valley of Mexico and used to make razor sharp weapons.
- Toltecs
- Warlike people whose empire was based on conquest.
- Quetzalcoatl
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god of peace.
The feathesred serpent - Huitzilopochtli
- Aztec sun god
- Tenochtitlan
- Aztec city built by Lake Texcoco
- Triple Alliance
- Alliance between Texcoco, Tlacopan& Tenochtitlanto gain control over empire.
- Chinampas
- Farm plots built on the marshy fringes of the lake.
- Montezum II
- Ruler of Aztec when empire began to weaken.
- Incas
- Ruling family of a group of people living in a high plateau of the Andes.
- Orejones
- Means "Big Ears" because of the larg plugs they wore in their wardrobes;Inca nobility
- Pachacuti
- Second son of Inca ruler Viracocha; took thrown from brother;ruled for 33yrs;Created largest empire in Americas.
- Quechua
- Language of Inca imosed by government.
- Cuzco
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Capital of Incan Empire
Compaarable to Rome. - Ayllu
- Small goup of workers that worked together for the common good.
- Mita
- Iabor tribute
- Chasquis
- Runners that carried messages from one end of the empire to the other.
- Chuno
- Freeze dried potatoes
- Quipu
- Set of knotted strings that could be used to record data.
- Three ways Inca government involved itself in peoples livess.
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Irrigation
Roads
Food