ANTH 1145: EXAM 1
31 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
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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
- 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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ANTH 1145: Exam 1