Chapter 17 Flashcards
Ceremony that gave food, drinks, and gifts to the community; showed rank in society
Potlatch
Food – Pot
Southwest U.S.A. at four corners
Anasazi
Ana
Villages of large apartment style compounds made of stone or adobe
Pueblo
Used to identify family or clans
Totem
Symbols
Glyph
Set of books made-up of bark
Codex
Set of books – Code
Prized volcanic glass used for weapons
Obsidian
Capitol city; largest capitol in the world at that time
Tenochtitlan
3 cities that ally themselves with eachother
Triple Alliance
3 – Triple
Ally – Alliance
First major icon ruler that conquered all of Peru; had 16 million people under his leadership
Pachacuti
Peru – Pachacuti
Extended family; on private ownership
Ayllu
Labor tribute; everyon had to give time to the state for building projects
Mita
Means re-birth; going back to classical times Roman & Greece
Renaissance
Re-birth – Roman – Renaissance
Classical
Intellectual movement that focused on human achievement & potential
Humanism
Human – Humanism
Worldly rather than spiritually connected with here & now
Secular