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Chalchiuhtlicue |
"She of the jade skirt". The deity connected to the worship of ground water. Her shrines were by springs and streams. |
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Coyolxauhqui |
The moon goddess. |
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Huitzilopochtli |
The sun god. |
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Quetzalcoatl |
The quetzal serpent. The name of the nature deity. Represented by a sculpture of a serpent coiled in a cone shape. |
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Tlaloc |
The rain god. His name means " he who is the embodiment of the earth". This suggests he was identified with the earth and ground before evolving into a mountain god. |
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TlaltecuhtliReR |
The earth lady. Represented as a crouching figure with an upturned grinning mask and a skull on it's back. Serpents and spiders were also associated with this deity. |
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Teotihuacan |
The "avenue of the dead" because the mounds on the side look like tombs. The place where the gods were created. In 750 AD the city was burned. |
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Tenochtitlan |
The capital and religious center of the Aztec Civilization. Overthrown by the spanish conquistadors in 1345 CE. |
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Texcoco |
City built in the present day Valley of Mexico |
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Valley of Mexico |
Became the heartland of the Aztec civilization. A large internally drained basin which is surrounded by volcanic mountains |
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Mexica |
Indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico, known today as the rulers of the Aztec empire. |
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Glyph |
A hieroglyphic character or symbol. |
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Maize |
Corn. First domesticated in Mexico |
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Nahuatl |
A member of a group of peoples native to southern Mexico and Central America. Also a Uto-Aztecan language. |
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New fire ceremony |
An important festival that was held once every 52 years to welcome in the new calendar round. |
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Ball game |
The object in the end was to get the ball through the stone hoop which was extremely difficult. Gambling was common over these games. Also took a political significance. This game was meant to mirror the ball court of the heavens. |
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Chinampa |
A method of Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico. |
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Motecuhzoma |
The las independent ruler of the Aztec empire before the civilizations collapse. Expanded the empire and was considered a god by his people. His name meant "angry like a lord". |
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1 Reed |
The first day of the "reed week" in the aztec calendar. This day is represented by the god Chalchiuhtlicue. |
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Tlaxcalans |
Indians of central Mexico. Aided Cortes in his raid of the Aztec empire. |
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Twin Pyramids |
Temple Mayor consisted of two stair pyramids. The left represented the mountain of Tlaloc and the right one represented the birthplace of Huitzilopolchatli. |
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Toltec |
A member of central Mexico whose empire flourished from the tenth century until it collapsed under invasion by the Aztecs in the 12th century. |
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Cortes |
A spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. |
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Noche Triste |
The day Cortes and his army fought their way out of the Mexican capital after the death of the Aztec king Montezuma. |
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Peasant |
A poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation. Labor is controlled by a larger state system. |
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Subsistence |
The action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level. |
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Replacement fund |
Saving for buying new tools and supplies. |
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Ceremonial fund |
Saving for buying new tools and supplies |
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Rental funds |
Compensation for the use of land |
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Partible inheritance |
Land divided among two or more children |
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Impartible inheritance |
Only one child receives the inheritance of land. |
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Solar market system |
A system of markets where one central regional market is surrounded by several local one-day markets |
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Part-society |
Peasants who make a living on the land he controls and is a marginal participant in the larger national society. |
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Ladino |
People with mixed Spanish and native ancestry. Population of Guatemala. |
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Mestizo |
A man of mixed race, especially the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian. |
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Dyadic relationships |
Relationship between two people. |
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Single-stranded relationships |
One purpose ties/connected to a person in one way. |
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Syncretism |
The merging of different religions or cultures |
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Type A religion |
Based on ideas, belief, and logic |
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Type B religion |
Based on story, experiences and ritual actions. |
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Nuclear family |
The immediate family. |
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Liberation Theology |
A reflection on the following of Jesus of Nazareth from the viewpoint of the poor and oppressed. More specifically to those among the poor who are committed to their own liberation. |
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Oscar Arnulfo Romero |
A bishop of the Catholic Church in El Salvador in 1977. He began to speak out on behalf of the poor and the victims of repression. |
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Globalization |
The process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations. |
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