Chapter 11 Key Terms: America on the Eve of Invasion

System of knotted strings utilized by the Incas in place of a writing system

• Mita

• Quipu

• Tambos

• Pochteca

Special merchant class in Aztec society

• Pochteca

• Azteca

• Pachacuti

• Curacas

Beds of aquatic weeds, mud, and earth placed in frames made of cane and rooted in lakes

• Quipu

• Curacas

• Tambos

• Chinampas

Local rulers who were given special privileges in Andean society in exchange for loyalty to the Inca

• Quipu

• Curacas

• Tambos

• Pachacuti

In Aztec society, who were the Pochteca?

• Bureaucratic class in Aztec government

• Priestly class who performed ceremonies of human sacrifice

• Merchant class who specialized in long distance trade

• Agrarian workers responsible for food production

Way stations used by Incas as inns and storehouses

• Tambos

• Mita

• Topiltzin

• Curacas

Feathered Serpent that was adopted by the Aztecs as a major God

• Topiltzin

• Quetzacoatl

• Nezhualcoyotl

• Pachacuti

Labor required by all communities as tribute to the Inca rulers

• Mita

• Quipu

• Tambos

• Pochteca

The Inca religious center located at Cuzco

• Ka'ba

• Cahokia Mounds

• El Tigre Temple

• Temple of the Sun

Early Inca ruler who expanded Inca control

• Moctezuma

• Pachacuti

• Pochteca

• Topiltzin