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WHAP Chapter 12 Review
2010
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Classical Period in Mesoamerica
Religion in Teotihuacan
Polytheistic
Built monuments in the cities he ruled
Ascended throne at age 5
Expanded and beautified Maya capital
Son of Lady Wac-Chanil-Ahau
K’ak Tiliw Chan Chaak
Mesoamerican group that practiced human
sacrifice
THEY ALL DID!
Type of rule in Teotihuacan
Oligarchy
Mayan agricultural practice
Terraced landscaping and irrigation
Reason Teotihuacan collapsed around 650
CE
WE DON’T KNOW!
Dominant form of architecture in
Teotihuacan
Religious
God of agriculture and the arts
Quetzalcoatl
Mayan style agriculture that made yearround harvests possible
chinampas
Main dietary staples of the Maya
Beans and corn
Sacrificial victims for Maya were usually
these
Captured nobles from other areas
How many calendars did the Maya keep?
Three
Ritual, Solar and Long count
Mayan society used this type of family
system
Patrilineal
The role of women in Mayan society
included a central part in what?
Religious and economic life in the home
Mayan writing is called what?
Hieroglyphics
The earliest Mesoamerican civilization
Olmec
Organization of Mexica society
Altpetl
Postclassical period
Major states during this period included…
Toltecs and Aztecs
Determined who the Aztec monarch would
be
Council of aristocrats
Capital of Aztec empire
Tenochitlan
The base of the alteptl
calpolli
How did the Aztecs form their empire?
Ruthless conquering of other people
Long distance trade items for the Aztecs
included what types of goods?
Lightweight items like animal skins and gold
Aztecs increased trade by making what
improvements?
NOTHING!
How is the cult of the hummingbird related to
the Aztec regular use of human sacrifice?
Huitzilopochtli required a diet of human
hearts
The differences in positions held between
men and women in Aztec society is
called…
Gender complimentarity
Anasazi lived in what?
Cliff dwellings
Why was Chaco Canyon abandoned?
Weather change
The Hopewell peoples’ economy was based
on what?
Hunting, gathering and limited agriculture
Social and political organization of North
American tribes revolved around what?
Chiefdoms
What North American group established
long-distance trade routes?
Hopewell
A famous Mound Builder city is….
Cahokia
What two geographic traits characterize
Andean civilization?
Isolated and Mountainous
What were the two cities that came before
Incan civilization?
Wari and Tiwanaku
What were the three main Andean
agricultural products?
Meat, grains, potatoes
What animals provided food, wool and
transportation for the Incas?
Llamas and Alpacas
The Inca system of work organized by ayllu
was called what?
Mit’a
What was the main factor for the division of
labor in Andean society?
Gender
What type of leadership did the Moche
civilization use?
Theocratic
What destroyed the Moche civilization?
Weather
How did the Inca ensure loyalty from
defeated regions?
Forced the heirs of defeated rulers to live in
Cuzco
What are two characteristics of the City of
Cuzco?
Smaller than Tenochitlan and shaped like a
Puma
Ready for the test????
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