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quipu

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a set of multicolored cotton cords knotted at intervals. used for keeping records in Inca

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Cuzco

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Inca capital

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Tikal

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Maya (Guatemala) capital, pyramids/trade center

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Huitzilopochtli

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Main Aztec sun/war god. Sacrificed hearts for him to delay destruction

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Hieroglyphs

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Mesoamerican writing system

ideographic/phonetic like Sumerian and Egyptian

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Toltecs

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Warlike empire in central Mexico b4 Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl replaced warlike god

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Quetzalcoatl

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Feathered serpent Aztec deity

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Tenochtitlan

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Aztec capital
Present day Mexico City
Built on an island in Lake Texcoco

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Pre-Colombian

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Period b4 European influence

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Mita

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Mandatory labor, ayllu relied on this labor tribute, Inca

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Stratified

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Class division (maya=elite and non-elite)

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Popul Vuh

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Sacred text of Ancient maya history/religion

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Yucatan

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Location of Maya

Peninsula, lowland, extends north from Guatemala Mexico

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Aztec

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“Mexica”, moved into valley of Mexico/lake Texcoco

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Inca/Inka

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Andes mt, military, imperial bureaucracy

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Machi Picchu

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Inca religious/agricultural civilization, high altitude in Andes mt

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Quechua

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Inca language (lingua franca of the state)

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Lake Texcoco

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Located in valley of Mexico (Aztecs of central Mexico)

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Cosmology

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Study of origin evolution and fate of the universe

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Chichen Itza (lol chicken)

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Maya city on Yucatan lowlands, coastal trade

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mesoamerica

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the area from Mexico through Central America to the isthmus of Panama

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human sacrifice

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Mayans and Aztecs to appease gods and delay the apocalypse

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Olmec

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lived in swampy jungles. advanced before the maya people. built stone heads

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chavin

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lived in the Andes. only lasted for 300 years

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palenque

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Great Maya city w/ famous art and architecture, abandoned

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maya

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Guatemala/Yacatan. City states. Chocolate/slash n burn/obsidian/ Calendar/astronomy/zero/sacrifice

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teotihuacan

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Aztec city. located in Mexico. metropolitan city. large population. 1/3 artisans. they had community house for 20-100 people. Religious

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shifting cultivation

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Land cultivated temporarily then abandoned to allow nutrients into soil while cultivator moved to another plot

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chasquis

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an inca messenger who was trained to memorize a relay messages

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Chinampas

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used by Aztecs. Floating gardens to adapt to dry climate

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obsidian

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dark volcanic glass used for tools and weapons. was also used as money

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slash and burn

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cutting down trees, burning the debris then using the land to farm.

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jaguar

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the temple of the grand jaguar is in Tikal

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pok-a-tok

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a maya ball game similar to basketball. the losers would b used as human sacrifice

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Moche

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Northern Peru after Chavin. Pottery and metalwork. Massive adobe pyramids. Warfare/Irrigation

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cacao

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used by Mayas as both an upperclass drink, chocolate and a type of money

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maize

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Corn

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