Chapter 20: States and Empires in Mesoamerica and North America

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  1. 4. original region of the Toltec people, located to the northwest of modern Mexico City
  2. 5. large structure in modern Illinois that was constructed by the mound-building peoples; it was the third-largest structure in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans
  3. 6. Central American society (950-1150) that was centered on the city of Tula
  4. 7. Aztec god; "the Smoking Mirror"; the giver and taker of life and patron deity of warriors
  5. 12. Central American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the 15th century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I
  6. 14. large population located in American southwest; starts with "P"
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  1. 1. Aztec god, the "feathered serpent," who was borrowed originally from the Toltecs
  2. 2. (1428-1440)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire; "the Obsidian Serpent"
  3. 3. Sun god and patron deity of the Aztecs
  4. 8. capital of the Aztec empire, later Mexico City
  5. 9. I (1440-1469)Mexica ruler that greatly expanded the Aztec empire
  6. 10. large population located in American southwest; starts with "N"
  7. 11. Eastern American Indian confederation made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes
  8. 13. the architects for the Aztec empire