Chapter 11 terms

Question 1

Teotihuacan

Answer 1

largest city int he Americas in 600 CE, located north of current Mexico City

Question 2

Chinampas

Answer 2

floating gardens, narrow artificial islands constructed along lakeshores or in marshes

Question 3

Maya

Answer 3

civilization to the south of Teotihuacan

Question 4

Toltecs

Answer 4

civilization that dominated central Mexico between Teotihuacan and the Aztecs

Question 5

Aztecs

Answer 5

northern civilization that pushed into central Mexico after the Toltecs collapsed

Question 6

Tribute system

Answer 6

payment of taxes, in food and goods, to the Aztec government from conquered people

Question 7

Anasazi

Answer 7

word used to identify a number of dispersed but similar desert cultures located in what is today the Southwestern US

Question 8

Chiefdom

Answer 8

territory ruled by a hereditary leader with both religious and secular responsibilities

Question 9

Khipu/Quipu

Answer 9

system of knotted colored cords used to aid administration and record population counts

Question 10

Ayllu

Answer 10

the clan structure that provided the foundation for Andean achievement

Question 11

Mit’a

Answer 11

rotational labor draft that organized members of the ayllus to work the fields and care for the herds owned by the court and religious establishments

Question 12

Moche

Answer 12

dominated the north coastal region of Peru by 600 CE

Question 13

Tiwanaku

Answer 13

city that dominated the area around Lake Titicaca in Peru

Question 14

Wari

Answer 14

city 450 miles NW of Tiwanaku, had some relationship with them

Question 15

Inca

Answer 15

Powerful civilization along the Pacific Ocean in South America