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What are the three Pre-Columbian Empires? |
Maya, Inca, Aztecs |
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Where and what was the Great Temple? What happened in 1978? |
Was the templo mayor of the aztec empire, it was also the the biggest pyramid of the tenoctitlan. They discvered in 1978 |
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What are some the great cities of the Mayan Empires? |
Chichen Itza, Palenque, Tikal, Copan and Uxmal. |
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Who was Hiram Bingham? |
was an academic, explorer and politician from the United States. He made public the existence of the Quechua citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 |
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where is machi piccu? |
high in the cusco mountain of Peru |
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when and by whom was machu picchu discovere? |
Hiram Bingham 1911 |
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Where in general were the Aztec, Mayan, and Incan Empires? |
Aztec - south mexico near yucatan
Mayan- central american present day guatemala
Inca- south america present day peru |
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the latin americans are made up of what three main people? |
meztizo, mullato, zambo |
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define meztizo, mullato, zambo |
meztizo- child of an indian and a european
mullato- african and european **** and make these
zambo-african and indian **** and make these |
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what three countries are almost totally of european origin? |
costa rica, uruguay, argentina |
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what did the aztecs call themselves? |
mexica |
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what is another name for the Aztec empire? |
mexican tenochtittaln |
