Unit 3 pt 4 Flashcards

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Powerful post class empire in central Mexico. It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztec claim to ties to the earlier civilization

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Toltecs

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A powerful city state in central Mexico its population was about 150,000 at its peak in 600

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Teotihuacan

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Andean civilization culturally linked to Tiwanaku, perhaps beginning as a colony of Tiwanaku

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Wari

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Meso American civilization concentrated and Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development in the calendar

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Maya

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Civilization of the north coast of Peru. Important andean civilizationthat built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers and dominated by brick temples

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Moche

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Andean Labor system based on shared obligation to help Kingsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations

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Mit’a

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Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco

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Inca

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Raised fields constructed along lake shores in mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields

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Chinampas

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Also known as Mexica, The Aztec create a powerful empire in central Mexico. They force defeated people to provide goods and labor as a tax

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Aztec

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Important culture of what is now the southwest United States. Centered on Chacho Canyon in New Mexico and and Mesoamerica in Colorado, the Anasazi culture build multiple stories residence and worshiped and Subterranean buildings called Kivas

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Anasazi

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