aztec
- they were an extremely warlike people
- they believed that their sun god needed human blood
-they entered into triple alliance
toltec
- they built pyramids and temples
- they were an extremely warlike people
- they dominated central Mexico before the Aztec did
Tenochtitlan
- it was an Aztec city
- it was a planned city
- It was built on an island
Teotihucan
- its most valuable trade items was obsidian
- it was organized as a city-state
it was the first major civilization of central Mexico
Quetzalcoatl
- he was a war god
- He was depicted as a feathered serpent
- He was a god of the Toltec and the Aztec, among others
pachacuti stands out in Inca history as the
ruler who expanded the kingdom into an empire
in Incan tradition, the ayllu was
the small-group structure used for community work projects
in the Ican empire, Mita was a type of
labor tribute
the Inca used the quipu to
record data
the decline of the Inca Empire can be traced to a
struggle between rivals for the Inca throne
Tikal was the name of an important Maya
city
Glyphs were used for
the Maya writing system
an early Maya most probably would have used a codex
to keep track of important historical events
the popol Vuh is a Maya story about the
creation of the world
the decline of the Maya occurred
just a few years after the Spanish arrived
