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A ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity in some Northwest Coast tribes of Native Americans
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What is a Potlatch? p.441
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A ceremony giving food, drink, and gifts to community
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An early Native American people who live in the Amerivan Southwest. They lived as cliff dwellers inhabiting mesas or shallow coves in sheer walls of canyons.
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Who were the Anasazi? p. 443
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Inhabited the 4 corners region where states of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico meet.
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Anasazi (AD 900s) lived in these villages of large, apartment-style compounds made of stone & adobes/sun-baked clay.
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What is a Pueblo? p. 443.
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The largest Anasazi type ______ began in AD900 and was called _______ Benito.
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The last Mound-Builder culture from AD 800 until arrival of Europeans; the Adena built the huge earthen mounds in Eastern Great Lakes Region as burial sites for their dead containing copper and stone artifacts
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What is the Mississippian Culture? p. 443-4
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Ex. Great Serpent Mound near Hillsboro, OH for religious ceremonies
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A group[ of tribes who formed a political alliance to ensure protection of their tribal leaders spoke related languagess.
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Who were the Iroquois? p.444
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In late 1500's, the newly formed Iroquois League included the Mohawk, Oneida, Onandaga, Orandaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.
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A natural object used by an individual, clan, or group to identify itself. Helped define certain behaviors
sacred relationships among groups symbolic of family. |
What is a Totem? p. 445
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Totem symbols could be on maks, boats and poles in front of howed
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The Maya built this cit in N. Guatemala betw. bew. AD 250 & 950. Other important sites were Copan, Palengue, Uxmal and Chichen Itza
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Where is Tikal? p. 446.
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Most cities feartured pyramids , temples, elaborate stone carvings, independent city-states, ruled by a God-King and centers of religious ceremonies & trade
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A symbolic picture used as part of a writing system; carving messages in stone.
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What are Glyphs? p. 448.
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Mayan writing includes some 800 glyphs.
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A book with pages that can be turned as in a modern day book; Maya used bark & paper books to record historical events.
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What is a Codex? p. 448
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Ex. the Popol Vuh tells Mayan story of creation
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A green/black volcanic glass found in the Valley of Mexico and used to make razor sharp weapons.
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What is Obsidian? p. 453.
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Teotihuacan's most valuable trade item.
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Means "Feathered Serpent" A God of the Toltecs and other MesoAmerican peoples.
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Who was Quetzalcoatl? P.453.
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The Toltec ruler Topiltzin and the god ___________ were believed to return one day bringing light and peace. The Aztecs thought Cortes was this God.
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An association of city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan which led to the formation of the Aztec Empire.
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What was the Triple Alliance?
p. 454. |
Increased power of Aztecs and gained control over most of Mexico
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In 1502, an Aztec ruler crowned Emperor who weakened the empire under his leadership due to opposition to increased tribute & sacrifices.
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Who was Montezuma II?
p. 456 |
Montezuma II tried to correct his policies but resentment continued and ominous predictions of the future caused instability.
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In AD1438, the 1st Incan Kingdom rulerwho conquered all of Peru and neighboring lands. By AD1500 included 2500 miles along west coast of S.A. called their empire "Land of the Quarters"
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Who was Pachacuti?
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This Incan Ruler governed an Empire of 80 Provinces = 16 million people in Peru.
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An extended family group which undertook tasks too big for a single family. Ex. were bldg. irrigation canals, cutting agriculure terraces in mtns., et. al
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What was the Ayllu?
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A type of communal group of extended family members who completed large projects for their government.
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Labor tribute the Inca demanded of their subjects.
All able-bodied citizens worked for the state a certain number of days per year. (i.e., public works projects, state farmlands or crafts work production) |
What is Mita? p. 461.
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Labor tribute required by the Incan Government.
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A set of knotted strings used to record data; an Incan accounting device for recording numerical information.
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What is Quipu?
p. 461. |
The knots and positions on string and colors indicated numbers and the type of things counted. ex. yellow/gold, red/warriors , etc.
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