Chapter 4 Flashcards
The peoples of the Americas most likely never developed the wheel because they
Had no draft animals
The Maya center was located at
Tikal and Chichen Itza
According to the Mayan creation myth, the world was created by
The will and words of the plumed serpent
The oldest Mesoamerican civilization that laid the foundation for kingship, art, and architecture was
The Olmecs
The razor sharp weapons of the Aztec Warriors were most commonly made from
Obsidian
The dominant characteristic of the Coty of Teotihuacan was the
Massive Pyramid of the Sun
The captives of the Aztec empire was
Tenochtitlan
After a conquest, the Aztecs
Left the local elite in power and ruled indirectly
First true city-state of Mesoamerica was
Teotihuacan
The most prominent of the early Formative period cultures was
The Olmecs
The Maya were primarily located in the
Yuca Tan rain forests
What discovery help the world understand the complexity of America’s pre-Columbian civilizations
Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone
What kind that was most species domesticated
Eurasia
What term would be used to describe the religion of Teotihuacan
Polytheism
Capital of the Inca Empire
Cuzco
Without knowledge of a written language how did the Inca record administrative matters
Use of colored knots and strings
The staple crops that were domesticated during the archaic period of Mesoamerica history were
Maize and beans
The best-known Olmec works of art are what
Massive stone heads
The monumental architecture of San Lorenzo suggest that Olmec society was dominated by an Elite class of
Ruler-priest
The Aztec conducted ______ to capture prisoners for sacrifice
Flowery Wars
What Civilization influenced the Aztec in terms of religion of mythology
Toltec
Civilization conducted an impressive system of roads throughout its empire
Inca
The Inca called themselves
Children of the sun
The Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro
The Inca conquered most of Thailand and coastal Peru under their greatest ruler
Pachakuti
Ancient city of Tikal is today located in the modern country of
Guatemala
Bill 8000 feet above sea level in the Andean mountains is the Incas magnificent city
Machu Picchu
Most of the Aztec population belong to large kinship groups is called
Calpulli
Noted for hundreds of sculptures and captured and tortured dead enemies
Monte Alban
The palace of Palenque I was built by the
Mayans
The supreme Aztec God
Huitzilopochtli
Spaniard responsible for the demise of the Aztec civilization
Francisco Pizarro
