Mesoamerica--final Flashcards
Economic system of Mayans incas and Aztecs
Agricultural
Main crops
Corn, potatoes
Bloodletting
Cutting or piercing themselves for their blood as part of the ritual
Indentured servants
Landless laborers contracted to work on nobles estates to earn their freedom
Chinampa
Floating agricultural fields
Quipucamayo
Interprets a quipu
Quipu
System of strings and knots to record Incan history
Cacao beans
For money and trade in Aztec empire
Capullis
Clan or lineage group in Aztec
Suyus
Division of territory in aztec
Ball game
Played by Mayan Aztec and Olmec. Losers sacrificed.
Mita tax
Labor tax for building projects
Tambos
Rest houses in inca
Vicunas
Animals valued for their wool used by royal family
Cranial shaping
Done to infants to get a desired look
Mesoamerica
Mexico and central America before Spanish
Quechan
Language of the incans
Aqueducts
Architectural structures to bring fresh water
Inti
Sun god in inca
Quetzcoatl
Aztec plumed serpent god
Cusco
Incan capital
Tenochtitlan
Aztec capital
Causeways
Built to attach the mainland to the capital city
Type of government for each
Mayan: king
Aztec: king
Incan: Emperor
