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20 Cards in this Set
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Mesoamerica |
Modern day Mexico and Central America. |
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Khipu |
An intricate system of knotted and colored strings used by early Peruvian cultures to store information. |
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Olmecs |
The oldest of the early advanced Mesoamerican civilizations |
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Popul Vu |
Collection of Mayan legends, stories and history. |
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Mississippian |
An important mound building culture between the Mississippi river and Appalachian mountains |
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Nahuatl |
The language of both the Toltecs and the Aztecs |
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Mexica |
Dominant ethnic group in what is now Mexico |
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Tenochtitlán |
A famous Aztec city |
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Moche |
Early civilization that lived along the coast of Peru |
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Quechua |
First deemed the official language of the Incas |
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Chinampas |
Farming technique where crops are grown on small patches of empty but wet lake beds |
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Andes |
Mountain range in South America where the Inca lived |
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Milpa |
Crop growing system (Slash and burn) |
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Quetzalcoatl |
Main Aztec God |
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Cahokia |
Native Americans famous for the construction of mounds |
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Tecuhtli |
High social Aztec class |
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Macehualli |
Commoner social class |
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Ayllu |
A community in the Andes |
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Mit'a |
Mandatory public service system in the Incan empire |
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Huitzilopochtli |
God of the earth |
