Mesoamerican Way
North American Life
Key Terms & Vocab
Extras
Andes Mountain
100
Where is Mesoamerica today (name one of the countries)
Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
100
In this region people live in Adobes and have very hot and dry weather
Southwest
100
People that moving from place to place
Nomads
100
Portable homes used in the Great Plains
Teepees
100
Running messengers carrying messages across the empire.
Chasquis
200
The Maya use this farming technique to better their agriculture
Slash & burn
200
5 nations coming together in the Northeast Woodlands
Haudenosaunee/Iroquois
200
Constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy was called
The Great Law of Peace
200
Aztecs joined 3 city states in order to strengthen their empire.
Triple Alliance
200
Two main roads used in the mountains by the Inca
Royal Road; INLAND & COASTAL
300
Tax paid by city states to the central government; you can pay with anything valuable.
Tributes
300
The time period in North America before the arrival of Christopher Columbus.
Pre Columbian
300
When a group of people come together for the same purpose
Confederacy
300
A style of government where empire don't control everything in the city states They allow the people who live in the territories to pick their own local leaders.
Decentralized government
300
Quipu
400
9TH leader of the Aztec empire
Montezuma II
400
This region had very cool summers and rainy winter, mostly none for their bodies of water.
Northwest
400
People who stay in one place and don't move around often.
Sedentary
400
Cahokia tribe was mostly none for
Mound builders; mounds
400
The Inca capital city was
Cuzco
500
How many gods did the Maya people worship
160 gods
500
How did people in the southwest grow crops despite their weather condition
Irrigation; water system
500
Native American leader responsible for the Iroquois Confederacy
Hiawatha
500
A style of government where the empire has one main ruler. Every city states has to follow ALL rules sent from the main ruler. The leader would usually pick the local leaders to make sure everyone in every conquered empire is on the same page.
Centralized government