Transcript JEOPARDY

JEOPARDY Ch 11
Ch 11 Meso- America
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The Maya
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Important Events
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Vocabulary
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Mesoamerica
Aztecs
The Inca
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Who were the Aztecs?
They were also called the Mexica
who penetrated in to the sedentary
agricultural zone of Mexico after the
Toltec collapse and established an
empire around 1325.
What was Tula?
This was the Toltec capital in
northern Mexico.
Who was Topiltzin ?
He was the religious leader and
reformer of the Toltecs in the 10th
century who went into exile on the
Yucatan Peninsula.
Who was Quetzalcoatl?
This was the Toltec deity, later adopted
by the Aztecs as the feathered serpent
God.
What was Chichen Itza?
This city-state on the Yucatan Peninsula
was conquered by the Toltecs around
1000 C.E.
What was Indians ?
This was the term that was a
misnomer created by Columbus for
Native Americans when he thought
he had reached the Indies.
What was Tenochtitlan?
This city founded in 1325 on a
marshy island in Lake Texcoco,
became the center of Aztec power.
What was the “ flowery death” “ or look at
the pretty knif arrrhhhh” ?
This was a name given to the
impending death of prisoners while
taking them to be victims of the
Aztec sacred knife.
Who were the Tlaxcala?
This was an independent rival
kingdom that competed and fought
with the Aztecs.
“Don’t Choke!”
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Who were the Olmecs?
These were the first civilized people
of Central America and passed on many
of their features to successor
civilizations.
Who were the order of the Eagle and the
order of the Jaguar?
These were two of the orders of
Aztec Knights that were closely
identified with the cult of sacrifice
and the military.
What were chinampas ?
They were beds of aquatic
weeds, mud and earth placed
in frames made of cane and
rooted in lakes to create
floating islands.
Who were the Olmecs, Chavin and
Toltecs?
These were the three Native American
groups that preceded the Incas and the
Aztecs..
Who were the Maya people?
They were the Native Americans of the
Yucatan Peninsula who developed a sophisticated
calendar and counting system based on 20 that
included 0.
What was the City State?
This was the type of political unit or
organization favored by both the
Aztecs and the Mayans.
Who was Nezhualcoyotl?
He was the leading Aztec
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King of the 15 Century?
Who were the pochteca ?
They were a special merchant class
in Aztec society specializing in long
distance trade of luxury items.
Who was Pachacuti?
He was the Inca ruler associated
with the first creation of the Inca
empire in 1438.
What were Tambos?
They were the way stations along
the roads in the Inca empire.
What was Quechua?
This was the language of the
Incas.
“Don’t Choke!”
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What was the Quipu?
They were a series of knotted
strings utilized by the Incas in place
of a writing system.
What was the Twantinsuyu?
This was what the Inca
called their civilization that
flourished in the Andean
region of Chile and Peru and
domesticated the llama.
What was the mita?
This was a word for the labor
extracted for lands assigned to the
state and the religion, and all
communities were expected to
contribute.
What is Lake Titicaca?
This is the lake that is the highest
in elevation and was the southern
most point reached by early Incan
conquest and a favorite among High
School boys.
What was split inheritance ?
This Incan practice stated that all
titles and political power went to a
successor but lands and wealth
went to the male descendants to
support the cult of the dead
ancestor’s mummy.
Who was Hernan Cortez?
He led an expedition of 600
Spanish conquistadors to the coast
of Mexico in 1519 and defeated
the Aztecs.
What was a road system?
What extensive network did the
Incas build that connected the
Empire.
What were the calpulli?
These were clans in Aztec society
that later expanded into residential
groups that distributed land and
provided warriors and laborers.
Who was Topac Yupanqui?
He was the son of one of the early
Incan rulers who conquered the
northern kingdom of Chimor and
extended the Empire into Ecuador.
What was Inca Socialism?
This was a view of Inca society created by Spanish
authors that described the labor and contributions
for the collective good as a type of Utopia.