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17 Cards in this Set
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early people who obtained their food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants, roots, nuts and berries
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hunter-gatherer
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no longer existing or living
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extinct
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A settled lifestyle in one place
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sedentary
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a small, privileged group at the top of a society
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elite
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a system of writing that uses picture symbols for concepts, objects, or words
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hieroglyph
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an upright stone column with inscribed hieroglyphs used as a monument, particularly by early people of Central America
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stele
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a manuscript volume; record books kept by early Central American peoples such as the Maya and Aztec
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codex
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the on a high, flat plateau in South America
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altiplano
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bricks formed of mixed mud and straw
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adobe
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narrow strips of land about 300 feet long and 30 feet wide built in swampy land and used for farming in Central America, particularly by the Aztec
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chinampa
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a pact or union between states in a common cause
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alliance
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an Aztec settlement in which families of different social classes lived and shared the land
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calpulli
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a kind of tax paid in goods or services to the ruling government
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tribute
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the growing of crops according to the altitude of the land particularly in South America
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vertical economy
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the building of raised banks of earth on steep land for farming
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terrace farming
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the Spanish term for conquerors used in reference to Spaniards who came to the New World in the 1500s in search of wealth
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conquistador
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a war between fractions or regions within a countrys
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civil war
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