Ch 6&21 Flashcards

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Pacific islands did not

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Develop metallurgy

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Ritual bloodletting crucial because

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Rain and agriculture

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2
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Olmec Common people labored on behalf of

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Olmec ruling elite

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3
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Staple food of Mesoamerica

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Maize

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4
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Mahiko were called

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Aztecs

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5
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Aztec practice human sacrifice because they believed it was necessary and able to

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Keep the world surviving

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6
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Mexica priest

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Had a great power as advisers to rulers

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7
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Woman’s role

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Give birth to sons to become warriors

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8
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How where rulers chosen

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Through warrior council

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9
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What is a chinampa

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Agricultural system that floated

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10
Q

The Aztec political structure had

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No elaborate bureaucracy

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11
Q

Pueblo and Navajo survived off

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Agricultural existence

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12
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Inca and post power through

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Hostages

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13
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Calendar was invented by

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Olmec

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14
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Ayllu and calpulli both

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Where a basic organizing unitsof rural society

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15
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Marae

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Several terraced floors with rock or coral walls designating boundaries of sacred space

16
Q

What was not typically treated

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Iron and brass

17
Q

Mexica maintained control through(alliance with)

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Tribute with triple alliance with texcoco and tlacopan

18
Q

Aztec religion was different from inca because

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Aztec human sacrafice

Inca animal sacrafice