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Qua for trade

Inca
- Trade
  - Items
    - Qua, rich
    - Silver
    - Llamas
    - Pots
Religion
- Vira cocha- creator god
- Life is in three realms
  - Pachamama
    - Kue outter earth
    - Hku inner world
  - Hannnah
    - Sky god
- Other gods
  - sun god, inti, most powerful
  - often made up gods
  - thunder
  - lightning
  - flowers
- hukas
  - place of worship
  - once a month, giant festivas
writing
- quipu
  - talking knots
  - lamma hair
achivments
- big bridges out of thick roap
- math, used rope and tied knots
- extensive roadwork
agriculture
- terraces
  - rock
  - clay
  - soil
    - remained very fertile
- tools
  - foot plow
  - hoe
  - clod buster
- crops
  - potatoes
  - maize
- came up with cure for malaria
- made cocaine, only allowed for marathon runners
fall
- Spaniards
  - better weapons
  - better technology
- after the fall, there were more illnesses
  - smallpox
interesting facts
- successful at skull surgery
- Inca had 18,000 mile road
- canals and ditch irrigation
BUI
- AYLLU- basic social groups
  - Multiple clans, before the Incan empire
- QUIPO-money
- MITA-paying the government, like taxes, but in the form of hard labor
- Aztec
  - Writing
    - Pictographic
    - Hieroglyphic
Agriculture
- Chinamps
  - Floating island
OBSIDIAN
- Volcanic rock
- Weapons
Trade
- No metal coins
- Used coco beans
- Used canoes, slaves to transport stuff
Religion
- 13 heavens
- 9 hells
- Thought purpose on earth was to build temples and praise gods
Government
- Rule through power
- Appointed people to rule different parts of empire
- Tecuhtli-one of the top tiers of gov.
- Acamapichtli—one of the first emperors
Fall of power
- Valasquez, sent cortez to discover land
- Were bribed by the Aztecs
- Burned his boats
- When Montezuma saw him, thought he was Quzqoital, a god
- Cortez took the throne
- Aztecs tried to throw him out, lost
Math
- Same Mayan
- Used algorithms
Science
- Calander
  - 18 months
  - 20 days
  - 5 spiritual days
  - 365 total
BUI
- OBSIDIAN
  - Volcanic glass used for weapons
- MONTEZUMA
  - 5^th Aztec king, lost power to cortez
- QUETZALCOATL
  - Christ like figure for Aztec
  - Creator of earth
  - Said he would one day return
ADDITIONAL__ON TEST
- Montezuma, was loved, thought it was him who brought the gods back
- Sun god
  - Needed human sacrifice to rise each day
- CORTEZ
  - Increased sacrifices
  - He was trying to weaken the empire
- Oppresed other empires
  - For sacrifices
  - Native American Indians
    - Tribes
      - Iriquis
        Lived in longhouses
        150 feet long
        Built them buy rivers at first
        Then moved uphill
  - Hunted
    - Dear
    - Beaver
    - Bears
  - Food
    - Men cleared aerea for planting
  - Sacred ball game
    - Marked winter was coming
  - Corn mask
    - Keep evil spirits away
    - Wore to festivals
  - Festivals
    - 6 per year
    - Thanks for growing crops
    - New year festival, end of year festival
  - 5 tribes
    - Called themselves the split nation
- Pueblo
  - Houses
    - In cliffs
    - Stepped form houses
    - Lived in each leval
  - Cloths
    - Used wool and cotton
    - Dear
    - Rabbit
    - Squirle
  - Were mostely vegetarian
    - One large meal per day
    - Basically all they ate
    - Food was always around
  - Religion
    - Quichina
      - Ancesteral spirit
      - Prayed to him for
        Rain
        Good crops
  - House
    - Quiva, main meeting hall
  - Fun
    - Carvin
    - Decorative snakes
how they all lost power
- white man came
- and took land
- were outnumbered
- outgunned
- conflict since colony days
- French Indian war
Region
- Shaman
  - Initiation rites
  - To become medicine man or woman
  - White clam shell
- Smoked
- Dancing
- Totem poles
  - Not religious
  - Went on a spirit walk,
    - Whatever they killed, was their spirit animal
BUI
- ODOODEM-
  - Native American word for totem pole
- PUEBLO
  - Series of small houses made of adobe
  - By pueblo tribe
- POTLACH
  - Potluck
  - Gift giving festival
  - Big feast
  - Singing
  - Dancing
  - Main purpose was to have fun
Agriculture
- Women planted
- Crop rotation
- Tools of bone
- Hip bone for hoe
- Corn
- Beans
- Squash
- Gathering
  - Berries
  - Other things
  - Beans
- Fishing
  - Spear
  - Normal, hook and string
- Hunting
  - Wear a deer suit for camouflage
Language
- Didn’t have paper
- Different languages
Math
- Different symbols
Science
- Invented different ways of hunting and fishing
Trade
- Before whiteman, they traded amongst tribes
- After white man, most trade was with white people
  - Furs
  - Weapons
  - Wolven cloth
  - Horses
  - Changed hunting
- thought they were becoming alleys with white people
ADITIONAL INFORMATION
- 3 bui
- Lived off of land
  - Standard of living was based on where they lived

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