Key Terms & Vocab Flashcards by Unknown Unknown

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What are Atlante?

A

Carved supporting columns

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What is a Chac Mool?

A

Reclining figure with bowl for offerings

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Who were the Chasquis?

A

Incan messengers

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What is a Chinampa?

A

Floating gardens

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What is the Cult of Tlaloc?

A

Aztec rain god worship

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What is a Flower Song?

A

Nahuatl poetry

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What is a Frieze?

A

Decorative horizontal band

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What are Kanchas?

A

Incan residential compounds

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What is a Kawachi?

A

Nazca ceremonial center

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What is the Popol Vuh?

A

Mayan creation myth

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What is Relief?

A

Sculpture technique

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What is a Roof comb?

A

Mayan temple structure on top

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What are the Seven Caves?

A

Aztec mythological origin place

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What are Stelae?

A

Tall stone carvings

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What are Totora?

A

Reed boats of the Andes

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What is Wacah Chan?

A

Mayan world tree