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20 Cards in this Set
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Maya |
The most advanced of all the pre-colombian Amerindians by building on ancient cultural tradition. Calender, advanced. Mathematics, concept of 0, writings deprived of Olmec prototypes |
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Chichén itzá |
Vast complex of Mayan buildings, one of the major tourist attractions |
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Aztecs |
After the fall of the Teotihaucan, war like nomads from the central valley, elite of a huge militaristic state embracing many millions of Amerindians. |
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Tenochtitlán |
The island capital of the Aztecs, largest in the new world and one of the largest anywhere |
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Calpulli |
Age old kinship groups |
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Inca |
A militaristic empire, up in the Andes mountain of modern Peru, development of agriculture, commerce, religion, architecture, and government. |
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Cuzco |
One of the cities that are in one of the high valleys that penetrate the massive well of the Andes. |
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Ayllu |
Clans |
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Quechua |
The language of the Inca's, now the official language of Peru |
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Kipus |
Knotted strings |
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Machu Picchu |
A city in the clouds of the high Andes whose ruins were discovered in 1911 |
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4 corners region |
The area containing Utah, Colorado, new mexico, and Arizona |
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Hohokam |
Took place in the sonoran desert of southern arizona, farmers and built pit houses along the Salt, Gila, and Verde river |
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Ancestral peubloans |
Sometimes called the Anasazi, growed corn and squash, near the Colorado river |
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Chaco phenomenon |
A period where most remarkable development of the period in north america |
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Chaco canyon |
Located in northwestern new mexico |
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Kivas |
Underground ceremonial chambers |
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Hopewell tradition |
A widely dispersed set of related people's joined by trade routes, common burial practices, and symbols of authority. |
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Cahokia |
Largest and most important nound-builder settlement of this period |
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Monk's mound |
Terraces of large pyramid like mounds. Built by the nobles in the Cahokia |
