Chapter 16 Flashcards
Potlatch
ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity in some Northwest Coast tribes of Native Americans
Anasazi
a early native American people who lived in the American Southwest
Pueblo
a village of apartment like buildings made of clay and stone
Mississippian
a relating to a Mound Builder culture that flourished in North America between A.D. 800-1500
Iroquois
a group of native american peoples who spoke related languages, lived in the Eastern Great Lakes region, and formed an alliance in the late 1500’s
Totem
a animal or other natural object that served as a symbol of unity between clans or other groups of people.
obsidian
a hard glassy volcaic rock used by early peoples to make sharp weapons
Quetzalcoatl
is the “the feathered serpent”- a god of the Toltecs and other Mesoamerican peoples
triple alliance
an association of the city states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan which led to the formation of the Aztec empore
Montezuma II
the 9th ruler lf the Aztec Empire
Pachacuti
the 9th ruler of the Incan kingdom
Ayllu
the Incan society, a small community or family group whose members worked together for the common good.
Mita
in the Incan Empire, the requirement that all able bodied subjects work for the state a certain number of days each year
Quipu
an arrangment of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information
What does the word Anasazi mean
The word anasazi means ancient ones
