Aztecs
The role of Mexica women.
They were admired for being hard workers
The society was matriarchal
Emphasis on child-bearing
They served as advisors
What is emphasis on child-bearing?
Capital of Aztec Empire
What is Tenochtitlan?
The kind of settlement the Pueblo and Navajo peoples established
What are permanent adobe dwellings in American Southwest?
Population density led to:
Social conflicts
Bitter division & cannibalism
Economic degradation
All of the above
What is all of the above?
Did the Incas have a formal writing system?
Yes, they used quipu, a system of symbols and knots.
No, they used quipu, a system of cords and knots.
Yes, they also had a strong oral tradition
No, they did not prioritize writing and recording information
What is no, they used quipu, a system of cords and knots?
What is a chinampa?
a floating farm
small plots of land dredged from muck in lakes
a corn field next to a river
What are small plots of land dredged from muck in lakes?
Where did most slaves come from (Choose all that apply)?
People captured from war
Debtors
Aristocrats that don’t manage their land properly
Children
What are debtors and children?
The kind of record did North American societies leave behind
What is archaelogical, not written?
Order the classes in Guinea from highest to lowest.
High chiefs, lesser chiefs, artisans, commoners, peasants
High chiefs, lesser chiefs, commoners, artisans, peasants
High chiefs, lesser chiefs, peasants, artisans, commoners
Lesser chiefs, high chiefs, commoners, artisans, peasants
What are high chiefs, lesser chiefs, commoners, artisans, peasants?
What was the extensive Inca Road system mainly used for?
Long-distance trade with merchants
Messengers, couriers, military
Herding pack animals across the vast mountains
Spreading the sun cult
What are messengers, couriers, and military?
Their primary reason to go to war
What is to acquire sacrificial victims?
The way the Aztecs ruled
What is fear of reprisal and tribute? What is no elaborate bureaucracy and standing army?
The most important structures found in the East of North America. The largest one is in ____.
What are mounds? What is Cahokia?
Which god was the most prominent in Polynesian religion?
Sun
Creation
Agriculture
Land
What is agriculture?
The creator of the Inca empire and the capital
What is Pachacuti? What is Cuzco?
Their main god
Who is Huiztilopochtli (the sun god)?
Calpulli
What are community groups that lived together and organized their affairs and allocated community property?
Name three specific agricultural advancements civilizations used in the Andes mountains.
What are terracing, irrigation systems, vertical archipelago?
The nomadic foragers of Australia were a ___ culture and had ___ agriculture.
What is static and no?
Peasants were organized into community groups called ___. Describe two features of peasant organized community groups.
What is ayllu? What are public works, communal land and tools and mandatory work?
Name the empires that formed the Triple Alliance Aztec empire
What are Texcoco, Tlacopan, and Aztec?
The reason for ritual bloodletting
What is to give the earth moisture needed for agriculture and keep the world functioning?
The way people traded in the eastern half of North America. Name one good and the place that it was from.
What are complex river networks? Goods: stones from the Rock Mountains, copper from Great Lakes, seashells -- Florida, minerals - Mississippi River, mica -- Applalachians
What product was brought to Pacific Island Societies from South America?
Sweet potatoes
Bananas
Coffee
Soybeans
What are sweet potatoes?
Inti was the ___ god and Viracocha was the ___ god.
What is sun? What is creator?