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Ch11americanpeople/c

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A powerful city-state in central Mexico (100 BCE-750 CE). Its population was about 150000 at its peak in 600 Teotihuacan
Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields chinampas
Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Nexico's Yucatan Peninsula and in Guatemala and Honduras but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar Maya
Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 CE). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization Toltecs
Also known as Mexica, the Aztecs created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 CE). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax Aztecs
Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins Tenochtitlan
A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca empire tribute system
Important culture of what is now the Southwest United States (1000-1300 CE). Centered on Chaco Canyon in New Mexico and Mesa Verde in Colorado, the Anasazi culture built multistory residences and worshipped in sub-terranean buildings called kivas. Anasazi
Form of political organization with rule by a hereditary leader who held power over a collection of villages and towns. Less powerful than kingdoms and empires, cheifdoms were based on gift giving and commercial links chiefdom
System of knotted colored cords used by preliterate Andean peoples to transmit information khipu
Andean lineage group or kin-based community ayllu
Andean labor system based on shared obligations to help kinsmen and work on behalf of the ruler and religious organizations mit'a
Civilization of north coast of Peru (200-700 CE). An important Andean civilization that built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers dominated by brick temples Moche
Name of capital city and empire centered on the region near Lake Titicaca in modern Bolivia (375-1000 CE) Tiwanaku
Andean civilization culturally linked to Tiwanak, perhaps beginning as a colony of Tiwanaku Wari
Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco Inca
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