Hanks flashcards
44 Cards in this Set
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Templo Mayor
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- Huge temple that served as the Sacrifice Center for Aztecs
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Tropical Lowlands
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- Heavy Rainfall and Tropical Forests
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Highlands
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- Average Tempuratures
- Most civilizations lived here
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Central Mexico Plateau
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- AKA Cold Lands
- Limited Farming
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Extratropical Drylands
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- Northern Mexico
- Has Definite Seasons
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Pacific Coastal Lowlands
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- Moderate rain with a Long dry season
- Contains Monte Alto, Bajo and Tierra Caliente.
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Tierra Caliente
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- Distinct Tropical climate
- Along the coast
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Monte Alto
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- Along the Coast
- High Forest that gets a lot of Rain
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Monte Bajo
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- Along the Coast
- Lots of Foliage and Deep Soil
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Teotihuacan
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- Home of the Sun and Moon Pyramids
- Burned and Abandoned
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Aztlan Migrations
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- Original tribes that migrated down to the Valley of Mexico
- 1st set are Ansestors of Nahuatl Ethnic Groups
- 2nd set went to the Valley of Mexico
- The Mexica arrived last and had to go to Grasshopper Hill
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Chicomoztoc
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- The place of 7 Caves
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Chapultapec
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- Where the Mexica first Migrated to from the Aztlan Migrations
- Means "Grasshopper Hill"
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2 Schools of the Aztecs
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- Went around 15 years old
- Telpochcalli - Commoners
- Calmecac - Nobles
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Capolli
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- Group of familes that live close to eachother
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Chinampas
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- Strips of land Built above surrounding ditches of water
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Triple Alliance
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- Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan
- United to defeat the Azcapotzalco and Tapenecs
-Core of the Aztec Empire
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Enthography
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- Interpreting the Past based on the Modern Relatives
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Story of Quetzalcoatl
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- The Wind God
- ritual leader of Tula
- Tezcatlipoca (Missing Foot) disguised as an Old Man Gave him Pulque
- He got smashed and Banged his Sister
- He then Killed himself and rose as the Morning Star
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Classic Period
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- 200 to 800-900 AD
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Epiclassic Period
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- 800 to ~1100 AD
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Story of the Mexica
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- Migrated from North To Chapultapec
- Mexica and Culhacan began intermarrying and Ato and Opoch made Acamapichtli
- Mexica killed Ato and Culhacan chased them to Tenochtitlan
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Story of Acamapichtili
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- Married his aunt Illancueitli
- Became first Tlatoani King
- He nailed a Slave and had a kid which She raised (Itzcoatl)
- He slamed noble daughters to make more kids which she also Raised
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Mocioaquezqui
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- Name of a woman who dies During Birth
- Recieve honors of Warriors dying in Battle
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Patrinlineal
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- The Bride moves into the House of Grooms Father
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Matrilineal
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- The Groom moves into the House of the Brides Father
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La Milpa
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- Multicrop farming system which Minimizes the Risk of Losing Harvest
- Usually Planted Corn, Beans and Squash together
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Tlacolol
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- Slash and Burn Farming
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Altepetl
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- Refers to the Native State not a City or Village
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Cabecera
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- Concentrated inner group of Capolli in an Altepetl
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Sujetos
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- The Capolli in an Altepetl
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Huitzilopochtli
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tba
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ethnohistory
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using document for history
-Biased and scarce
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ethnography
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interpreting past cultures based on the
study of modern descendants
-Never sure what has changed
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geographic vs cultural concept
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geographic- middle america
Cultral- Mesoamerica
-spatial distribution of
a set of items shared by all indigenous people living in the region
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Chronological Chart of Mesoamerica
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tba
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tba
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Popocatépetl and cholula
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Aztlan
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The mythical home of the Aztecs. Place of the white herion
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Mexica
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One of the seven tribes that migrated from aztlan to central mexico
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Nahuatl and nahua
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This was the
language spoken by the Azteca‐Mexica. It is part of the Uto‐Aztecan linguistic
family.
Native Americans who speak the Nahuatl language
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Mexico‐Tenochtitlan
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The city of the Mexica people located on a small island in the basin of Mexico.
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Mexico‐Tlatelolco
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A quarrel between the original Mexica tribe caused the division of the original Mexica people in two groups, the Mexica and the Tlatelolca.
The island of Mexico was divided in two.
Tlatelolco was located in the northern sector of the island
and Tenochtitlan in the center of the is…
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Atlantean figure
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representation of Toltec warriors
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Aztec world view based on their myths of origin
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1) The human world is ruled by gods who communicate their wishes to priests/shamans through dreams, visions, or omens.
2) The Aztecs were destined to leave home and travel to establish the greatest city of the known world.
3) They were to be great warriors.
4) They were to find abundan…
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ANTH 1145: Exam 1