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19 Cards in this Set
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Maize |
corn |
Something that has to do with A Food that grows in a Maize |
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Hieroglyphics |
writing using signs or symbols |
another famous character. |
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El Castillo |
Temple in chicken itza that uses the sun/solstice to crete religious images and meanings |
something to do with chicken |
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Tenochtitlan |
Near present day Mexico City. Aztec city bult on the swaps and water of lake Texococo. It was the center of Aztec trade and culture |
trade and culture |
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Cuzco |
Capital city of the Incan Empire- Center of trade and culture |
Capiltal city of _______ |
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Machu Picchu |
"lost incan City" of the high Andes Mts. |
Mts. |
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Aqueduct |
Channel designed to carry water from a distance source- usually for farming irrigation |
Something with water and farming |
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Quipos |
Knotted, colored string used as a means of recording info |
knots and string |
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Quechua |
The inca languag |
In.... language |
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Poncho |
originated with the incas- outer garment with a single whole from the head |
garment |
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Pokatok- game played by the ancient Mayas. Playerd attempted to hit a ball througj a vertical stone hoop using only their hips and elbows |
game |
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Oct. 12,1493 |
Columbus lands in the east indies |
east indies |
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Moctezuma |
leader of the Aztecs during the time Cortes |
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1521 |
Cortes attaks tenochtitlan and evenually defeats the Aztecs 240K Aztecs killed 30 K spanish die |
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Conquistador |
conqueror- treasure hunter- given free will to explore |
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Franciso Pizarrl 1531-1535 |
conquered the Incad on a conquest for gold |
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Small pox,chicken pox, Measles (Etc) |
Diseases brought to latin America by Eurpean Explorers that killed a vast amount of Native Latin America indians- up to 90% of some populations-no immunity |
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Hernan Cortes- 1519-1521 |
- Coquistador in search of golf and treasure. Landed on the Yucation Peninsula befriended the mayan native Malinche who knew the Aztec language! An enemy of an enemy is a friend |
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Treaty of Tordesillas |
1494 treaty of Argeement between spain and potugal that established the Linr of Demarcation (about 50 degrees west longitude form pole to pole) Spain had rights to the west of the lind and portugal had righted to the east! |
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