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A country in present day South America where the Inca lived
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Peru
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A Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the 15th and 16th centuries - center of empire in present-day Peru
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Incas
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A country in present day South America where the Inca lived
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A Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the 15th and 16th centuries - center of empire in present-day Peru
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An ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes
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when local leaders are allowed to rule and have power for the emperor
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the major South American mountain range where the Incas settled
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abandoned city high in the Andes mountains that showcases the architectural genius of the Inca - originally built for kings
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an arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information
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A Spanish conquistador who went to the Incas and took the emperor prisoner, killed him and took over the Inca empire in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)
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official Inca language
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Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru - executed by the Spanish
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The capital city of the Aztecs
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bridges that linked the capital city of Tenochtitlan to the mainland
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area in central Mexico that is present-day Mexico City
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floating gardens built by the Aztec - used to grow corn, avocados, beans, chili peppers, squash and tomatoes
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A 260 days long calendar used by the Aztec for religious means
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A 365 days calendar used by the Aztec for farming or harvesting
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Aztec chieftain; encountered Cortes and the Spanish and saw that they rode horses; Montezuma assumed that the Spanish were gods. He welcomed them hospitably, but the explorers soon turned on the natives and ruled them for three centuries.
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Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s
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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
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Mayans believed that their kings descended from the sun.
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number system based on 20 (we use a base-10 number system)
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cutting and burning of plants in forests or woodlands to create fields
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one of the largest Mayan cities with a central step pyramid
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capital of Mayan civilization located in present day Guatemala
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pyramid that had a temple on the top and was used by the priests to make sacrifices to the gods
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Mayan word for flat region that was heavily forested and also contained numerous swamps and sinkholes
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geographic location of the Mayan people - present day Central America
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a Mesoamerican Indian civilization located on the Yucatan Peninsula from 2000 BC until 900 AD
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a powerful empire in the central valley of modern-day Mexico in the 12th century
