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13 Cards in this Set
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Mesoamerica
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Ancient region including present-day Mexico and most of Central America
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Teotihuacan
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Site in central Mexico that in ancient times was one of the largest cities in the world
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Cuzco
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city in southern Peru
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Cahokia
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city in SW Illinois on the Mississippi River near St. Louis; largest city of the Mississippian Mound Builders
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glacier
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huge sheet of ice
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monopoly
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control of all trade or production of a certain good
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Olmec
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began a civilization near present-day Vera Cruz, Mexico aroound 1200 A.D.; had a large trading empire; had a lot of farming resources
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Maya
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built a civilization in the rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula
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Toltec
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warrior nomads built a city near present-day Mexico City; rulers tightly controlled trade and this kept other people from making weapons to challenge them
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Moche
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were located in the desert of what is now Peru; they dug canals that carried water and they built huge pyramids
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Inca
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lived in the Andes mountain ranges of present-day Peru; built the biggest empire in the ancient Americas
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Hokokam
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around 300 A.D., began planting gardens, dug canals, made pottery
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Anasazi
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lived in canyons & cliffs; collected water that ran off cliffs; used turquoise like money; lived in huge apartments carved into cliffs
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