The Mixtecs
What does the word "Mixtecapan" mean in Nahuatl?
Place of the Rain People.
What was the name of the capital city of the Toltec Empire?
Tollan (or Tula)
Besides gold and silver, what blue-green stone did the Mixtecs use in jewelry?
Turquoise
What was the name that the Toltecs gave to the "Feathered Serpent" god they worshipped?
Tlacaélel
In what year did the Spanish conquest end the Mixtec civilization?
1521
In which modern Mexican state was the Mixtec civilization primarily located?
Oaxaca
What are the famous 4.5-meter stone warrior statues in Tula called?
The Atlantes
How many days were in the ritual calendar used by both Mixtecs and Mayas?
260 days
Who was the rival god of Quetzalcoatl, known as the "Smoking Mirror"?
Tezcatlipoca
Tula was destroyed by internal conflicts and the possible invasion of this tribe from Aridoamerica:
The chichimecas
What are the famous Mixtec "painted books" made of deerskin called?
Which civilization’s collapse allowed the Toltecs to rise to power in Central Mexico?
Teotihuacan
What animals were the symbols of the Toltec elite military orders?
Eagles and Jaguars
What did the Atlantes represent?
The warrior cult
Which empire forced the Mixtecs to pay tribute during the 1400s?
Tenochtitla-The Mexica Empire
Who was the most famous Mixtec ruler and warrior, known for uniting the region?
Ocho-Venado-Garra de Jaguar
Which modern Mexican state is the site of the ancient city of Tula?
Hidalgo
What specific type of "reclining" sculpture shows the link between Toltecs and Mayas? PD: the messenger between humans and gods.
Chac Mool
What was the primary role of the "Atlantes" statues?
They were columns supporting the roof of a temple.
The mixtecs were contemporary to these other 3 civilizations:
Toltecs, Maya and Mexicas
What was the name of the hereditary rulers who governed Mixtec city-states?
Yaha (or ñuu tnoho).
What is the name of the "Serpent Wall" in Tula decorated with skulls and snakes?
Coatepantli
What was the name of the "warlords" who ruled the Toltec military aristocracy?
Tlatoque
The mixtecs occupied these 2 cities from the zapotecs by the 1350's:
Monte Albán and Mitla
What Spanish system caused the collapse of Mixtec political structures after 1519?
The Encomienda