1.4 Vocab

Question 1

Mississippian

Answer 1

Societies and civilization that started in the Mississippi river valley

Question 2

Matrilineal society

Answer 2

society in which a persons social standing was determined by the woman’s side of the family

Question 3

Cahokia

Answer 3

A village in south western Illanois, across the Mississippi river

Question 4

City-states

Answer 4

city with king as a ruler, no standing armies

Question 5

Mexica

Answer 5

other name for the aztecs

Question 6

Theocracy

Answer 6

Rule by religious leaders

Question 7

Human Sacrifice

Answer 7

Process in which a person is killed to appease a hgiher power or fulfill a religiour practice or purpose

Question 8

Pachacuti

Answer 8

tribal leader of the Incas, it means the “transformer” or “shaker” of the earth

Question 9

Incan Empire

Answer 9

large empire in Mesoamerica

Question 10

Mit’a system

Answer 10

system by which colonists recruited indeginous people for forced labor

Question 11

Carpa Nan

Answer 11

Massive roadway system by the Inca

Question 12

Temple of the Sun

Answer 12

temple made to honor the Incan god of the sun

Question 13

Animism

Answer 13

the belief that element of the physical world could have supernatural powers