Period 1 1491-1607 Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
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horticulture
A
8000-2000 BC;
form of agriculture in which people work small plots of land with simple tools;
highly developed modern-day Mexico;
maize, beans, squash, tomatoes, potatoes
2
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Aztecs
A
1325;
Spanish term for the Mexica, indigenous people who built empire in present-day Mexico
3
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Tenochtitlán
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1325;
Aztecs capital;
modern-day Mexico City
4
Q
chinampas
A
1325;
Aztecs;
artificial islands
5
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Maya
A
900 BC to 300 AD;
people who established large cities on the Yucatan peninsula with strong irrigation and agricultural techniques;
strongest 300-800 AD
6
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Incas
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Andean people who built empire before Spaniards
