Toltecs
What region of Mexico did the Toltecs reside?
Central Mexico
What was the main city of the Zapotecs?
Monte Albán
What material did Teotihuacan have a monopoly share of?
Obsidian.
What civilization were the Aztec rumoured to have destroyed?
Teotihuacan
What was the name of the main technological innovation of the Maya?
Calendar
Who were the leaders of the Toltecs?
Warrior-Kings.
What modern Mexican province did the Zapotecs reside?
Oaxaca.
Near what modern Mexican city was Teotihuacan located?
Mexico City
What was the name of the main cultural innovation to develop Aztec agriculture.
Chinampas
What environment did the Maya live in?
Dense Jungle.
What was the unique architectural feature of the Toltecs?
Atlantean Columns.
What was the political system of the Zapotecs?
Divine Kings & Hierarchal city-states.
Did Teotihuacan focus on warfare or trade?
Trade.
Central location of the Aztec empire.
Valley of Mexico
What was the structure of the Mayan government?
Independent city-states ruled by divine kings
What was the main religious practice of the Toltecs?
Human sacrifice.
What was one of the main economic systems employed by the Zoltecs?
Agricultural surplus, tribute collection, regional trade control.
What was the leadership organization of Teotihuacan?
Priest rulers governing through religious authority.
What was the main form of currency used by the Aztec
cacao beans
What method did the Mayans use to adapt to their environment and develop their agriculture?
Slash-and-burn agriculture, raised fields, sophisticated water management
Name one cultural innovation from the Toltecs.
Sculptural traditions, metallurgy, architectural styles.
What was the name of the main Zapotec god (one of the two names)?
Cocijo rain god
What god was at the head of the Teotihuacan pantheon?
Serpent God
Political organization of the Aztec empire.
Centralized empire with tribute-paying subject peoples
What was the time-span with which the Mayans were an active civilization?
300-1500 CE