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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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Characterized by remaining in one place and not migrating up.
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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 peoples 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 landon a high, flat plateau in South America.
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Altiplano
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Bricks formed of mud mixed with 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 a lattitude 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 conqueror used in reference to Spaniards who came to the New World in the 1500’s in search of wealth.
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Conquitador
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A war between factions or regions within a country.
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Civil War
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