Ch 6&21 Flashcards
Pacific islands did not
Develop metallurgy
Ritual bloodletting crucial because
Rain and agriculture
Olmec Common people labored on behalf of
Olmec ruling elite
Staple food of Mesoamerica
Maize
Mahiko were called
Aztecs
Aztec practice human sacrifice because they believed it was necessary and able to
Keep the world surviving
Mexica priest
Had a great power as advisers to rulers
Woman’s role
Give birth to sons to become warriors
How where rulers chosen
Through warrior council
What is a chinampa
Agricultural system that floated
The Aztec political structure had
No elaborate bureaucracy
Pueblo and Navajo survived off
Agricultural existence
Inca and post power through
Hostages
Calendar was invented by
Olmec
Ayllu and calpulli both
Where a basic organizing unitsof rural society