chapter 16 Flashcards
(32 cards)
who belonged to the upper class in maya society?
Kings, Priests, merchants, and noble warriors
How did the maya try to please their gods?
They gave them blood
What happened to the maya after 900?
People stopped building temples they moved back to the countryside
where and when did the Aztec civilization develop?
Central Mexico around the 1300s
What did the Aztecs feed their gods?
Human hearts and blood
where was the inca empire located and What kinds of terrain did it include?
The empire was in the west coast of South America ; Mountains
How did the incas control their economy?
Mita
What social classes existed in the inca society?
Emperor, priest and government officials in the 1st class, 2nd class was the lower class
Maize
Corn
Buildings used to study the sky
observatories
raised roads across water or wet grounds
Causeways
Spanish soldiers
Conquistadors
Spanish leader who conquered the Aztecs
Hernand courtez
Aztec emperor
Moctesuma II
Inca leader who began Spanish
Pachacuti
Official language of inca empire
Quechua
Stone work
Masonry
Last inca emperor
Atahualpa
Spanish leader who defeated the incas
Francisco Pizarro
Cultures of mexico and central america before spanish
Mesoamerica
First Mesoamerican civilization
Maya
Ethnec Group that settled american city regions
Aztecs
Alliance of 3 city states
Aztec empire
City built on island on present day mexico city
Chinote chitila
