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12 Cards in this Set
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Maize |
corn |
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Quipu
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a system of records using knotted string |
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Caral |
the oldest known city in the Americas, located in Peru. |
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Chavin |
Around 900 B.C., the Chavin people lived in the coastal region of western South America. The people built temples and pyramids and declined around 200 B.C. |
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Nazca |
a people existing the same time as the Chavin that made huge, geometrically-decorated pottery. |
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Ecuador |
a South American country where the Moche civilization developed |
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Moche |
a warlike, pottery-making civilization in Ecuador |
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Inca |
a well-organized, military-based society |
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Cuzco |
Inca capital |
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Pachacuti |
Inca leader- very skilled |
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Machu Picchu
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an abandoned city on a hilltop 8000 feet above sea level |
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Urubamba River
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a river that Machu Picchu was built above |
