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A Native American civilization in western South America in the 15th and 16th centuries located in the Andes Mountains. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.
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Inca
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A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include mathematics, architecture, and a 365 day a year calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries C.E..
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Mayans
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A Native American civilization in western South America in the 15th and 16th centuries located in the Andes Mountains. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.
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A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include mathematics, architecture, and a 365 day a year calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries C.E..
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This "city in the clouds" was built 8,000 feet above sea level in the 15th century by Incan emperor Pachacutec. Abandoned by the Incas, the city remained unknown until it was rediscovered by an explorer in 1911.
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An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information, to count, keep records, and track crops.
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Capital of the Inca Empire
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Capital of the Aztec Empire
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Terrace farms appears as steps cut into a mountainside. Enabled the Inca of Mesoamerica to grow enough food for their large populations.
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A floating garden on which the Aztec grew crops
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corn
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Lake where the capital city of the ancient Aztecs Tenochtitlan was built
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A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
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*(1200-1521) Around 1300 settled in the valley of Mexico. Defeated by the Spanish (Hernan Cortes).
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Bean used in making chocolate , discovered by the Mayans.
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the world's longest mountain chain, stretching along the west coast of South America
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earliest known American civilization, located in southern Mexico and known for its pyramids and huge stone heads
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Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).
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disease brought by the Spanish to the Americas
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a person who is killed as part of a religious ritual, each of the Mesoamerican tribes did this.
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A geographic region in the western hemisphere that was home of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations is modern day Mexico and Central America.
