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14 Cards in this Set
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Teotihuacan |
large city based on basically nothing besides that it was largest in the americas lived in BY OLMECS |
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maya |
calendars, mesoamerican ball game |
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toltecs |
placed on the northern frontier to protect against incursions of nomads |
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aztecs |
had tenochtitlan and were organized in clans |
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tribute system |
food requirements were satisfied by _____ payments such as maize, beans etc. |
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anasazi |
Identifies a number of dispersed, though similar, desert cultures located in now what is the four corners region of mexico: arizona, new mexico, colorado, and Utah |
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chiefdom |
Mississippi political organization continued this north american tradition organized periodic rituals of feasting and gift giving |
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khipus |
recordkeeping |
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allyu |
clan of andean achievement basically relied on each other and all considered family |
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mit'a |
rotational labor draft that put members of allies into work field |
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moche |
unique and important early-andean civilization |
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tiwanaku |
another andean civilization |
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wari |
basically branched off of tiwanaku |
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inca |
centered on valley of cuzco “Land of Four Corners”From Maule river in Chile → northern ecuadorOrganized as a chiefdom based on reciprocal gift giving and redistribution of food and textiles Built on ANDEAN SOCIAL CUSTOMS AND ECONOMIC PRACTICESCUZCO → capital |
