AMSCO - 1.4 Reading Notes - AP History correctly answered graded A+

AMSCO - 1.4 Reading Notes - AP HistoryCahokia - correct answers - Largest of the earthen mounds that the Mississippians built - Located in southern Illinois - People abandoned here around 1450 Matrilineal society - correct answers - Means that social standing was determined by the woman's side of the family - Mississippians used this -- Ex: When the Great Sun died, the title passed not to his own son, but to a sister's son. City-State - correct answers - Used by the Mayans - Definition: Each ruled by a king and consisting of a city and its surrounding territory. - Important because this was the Mayan's main form of government Tenochtitlan - correct answers - The capital of the Aztecs - Is now Mexico City - The Aztecs located this on an island in the middle of a swampy lake in order to protect it from attacks. - Grew to almost 200,000 people - At the center of the city, a pyramid is built that is around 150 feet in height. Great Pyramid - correct answers - Pyramid at the center of Tenochtitlán that was around 150 feet tall - Built by Aztecs - Made of stone Chinampas - correct answers The Aztecs built these floating gardens on Lake Texcoco to increase the amount of space for food production.