Chapter 20 Vocab

Question 0

Toltec

Answer 0

a member of an American Indian people that flourished in Mexico before the Aztecs.

Question 1

Tenochitlan

Answer 1

The capital of the Aztec empire

Question 2

Tula

Answer 2

A city that many toltecs settled in

Question 3

Aztec (Mexica) Empire

Answer 3

An empire of people who originated in the northern part of Mexico and moved to the central part of Mexico

Question 4

Chinampas

Answer 4

Small land plots from a lakes bottom

Question 5

Calpulli

Answer 5

Community groups

Question 6

Huitzilopochtli

Answer 6

Mesoamerican deity of war, sun, human sacrifice

Question 7

Pueblo & Navajo

Answer 7

Native American groups located in the North American southwest

Question 8

Iroquois

Answer 8

An agricultural society located in what is now upstate New York

Question 9

Mound Builders

Answer 9

People who built mounds for ceremonious purposes

Question 10

Inca empire

Answer 10

An empire located along the Andes mountains

Question 11

Quipu

Answer 11

A mnemonic aid used by Incan bureaucrats and administrators to keep track of their responsibilities

Question 12

Cuzco

Answer 12

A religious administrative and ceremonial center of the Incan empire

Question 13

Inti

Answer 13

The Incan sun god

Question 14

Aborigines

Answer 14

A hunter-gatherer society located in Australia

Question 15

Maori

Answer 15

People who lived in New Zealand

Question 16

Hawaii

Answer 16

A society in which high chiefs received the best things