Quiz I Flashcards
the Aztec term for a system of draft rotary labor
coatequitl
the Incan term adopted by the Spanish for tribute labor
m’ita
a developed writing system that the Andean people developed; a knotted-string calculation system for maintaining statistics on an imperial scale
quipi
large Toltec city that was the main city in this Indian civilization
Teotihuacan
he was the leader of the Aztecs when the first contact was made between Cortes and the Aztecs
Montezuma II ?
a term used by the Native Americans that lived principally in the Caribbean area of South America and were basically peaceful peoples
Arawaks
group of Native Americans who still live on the Yucatan Peninsula and in Southern Mexico and Central America
Mayan
from Aztec for hummingbird or sinister; an important deity of the Aztec Indians of Mexico; his cult was characterized by horrible human sacrifices which included the slaying of slaves and prisoners of war
Hurizilopochtli
the civilization predated the Aztecs in Mexico, that developed most of the beliefs and traditions adopted by the Aztecs
Toltecs
a servant or retainer of the Inca in Peru; an Indian laborer or tenant farmer of semi-servile status
yanaconas
(t/f) political unity among many tribes kept the Spanish from successfully taking some areas early in the colonial period
f
(t/f) no native group had a complex system of writing before European contact
f
the Aztec Empire was one in which the king was absolute ruler
f
when the Europeans arrived, the Aztec Empire was in the middle of a civil war
f
Incas emerged out of the area of modern day Ecuador and southern Columbia
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