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13 Cards in this Set
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hieroglyphics |
a picture or symbol that is a system of writing |
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tribute |
goods or money paid to conquerors |
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mesoamerica |
an american regionfrom mexico to guatemela |
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olmec |
they carved huge stoneheads |
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teothuacan |
first city of mesoamerica |
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yucatan peninsula |
an area of land that extends from mesoamerica |
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maya |
the most sophisticated group in mesoamerica |
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tikal |
population of more than 100,000 present day Guatemala |
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toltec |
a war like people |
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chichen itza |
the toltek ruled from there |
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aztec |
the people that ruled mesoamerica until 1500s |
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tenochtitlan |
the aztec capital of meso america |
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lake texcoco |
the aztecs made there capitol on this swampy lands of lake texcoco |
