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22 Cards in this Set
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main group in the Southwet-Chaco Canyon
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Anasazi
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major roup=lived in long houses
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Iroquois
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12-200 feet long; where Iroquois lived
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Longhouse
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Aztech monarch who believed Cortes was a god at first
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Montezuma
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major urban center near Ecuador
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Moche
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very important god to the Aztec
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Quetzalcoatl
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area of Mexico and Central America
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Mesoamerica
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fierce warlike people who conquered Mayan lands and built palaces
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Toltec
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landed in South America; conquered the Inca
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Pizarro
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powerful city thaat wanted to gain control of everything
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Cuzco
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landed in Veracruz-made alliance with city states tired of Aztec rule
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Cortes
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oldest major city in the America
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Caral
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sun dried brickss to make houses
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adobe
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1st settlers-settled on the tundra-houses made of stone and turf
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Inuit
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writing system the Maya used
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Hieroglyphs
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system of knottedf strings used by Incapeple to keep records
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Quipu
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messsenger system using a series of runners
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Chasquis
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goods or money paid by conquered people to their conquerers
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tribute
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Indian name for corn
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Maize
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group of people from the same family
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clan
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storied house
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pueblo
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Eastern woodlands that created massive mounds to bury the dead
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mound builderss
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