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Chapter 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a codex? | A bark-paper book that contained records of important historical events in the Maya world. |
| What is the Popul Vuh? | A book on the Maya's story of creation of the world. |
| What was the purpose of glyphs? | To be used as the writing system of the Mayas. |
| How did the Maya pay tribute to their gods? | They prayed and made offerings, such as, flowers and food. They also pierced their bodies to offer their blood. |
| What is one idea of why the Maya civilization ended? | The steadily growing Maya population and over farming might have led to famine, disease, and food shortages. |
| What was Teotihuacan? | It was an early city-state. |
| Why and how did the Aztecs sacrifice to the sun god? | Priests made the sacrifice of human blood to make sure that the sun god was happy and the sun would rise every day. People taken captive in war were sacrificed. |
| Why did conquered peoples rebel against the Aztecs? | Conquered peoples were sacrificed more and more. |
| Who was Quetzalcoatl? | A war god. |
| What did obsidian mean to the Aztecs? | It was the main trade item. |
| What is a mita? | A form of tribute in which all able citizens were required to work for the state for a certain number of days a year. |
| What led to the downfall of the Incan Empire? | The main ruler, Huayana Capac, passed away, then left his empire to his two sons. His sons split the empire which led to a civil war. |
| Who was Pachacuti? | A powerful Incan ruler who conquered Peru and neighboring lands. |
| How did cities support the Incan Empire? | All cities built in conquered lands had the same government buildings. |
| How can the decline of the Inca Empire be traced to? | A struggle between rivals for the Inca throne. |
| What was the environment like for Pacific Northwestern Peoples? | It was near located in present-day Oregon and Alaska, they used the sea as their main resource and it was a very temperate area. |
| How did native North American cultures view the land? | They saw the land as a source of life, they believed it could not be bought or sold. |
| What was the celebration of potlatch? | It involved food, drink, and gifts to the community in which families displayed their rank. |
| What are pueblos and who used them. | Used by the Anasazi, pueblos were villages of apartment-style compounds made of adobe and stone or clay. |
| What are kivas? | Underground ceremonial chambers used for religious practices by the Anasazi. |
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