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Ancient Americas
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9th Grade
03/21/2013

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Moche
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Culture that flourished along the northern coast of Peru from around A.D.100 to A.D. 700.
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Cuzco
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City at the center of the Incan Empire.
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Inti
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The basic unit of money in Peru.
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Inca
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an empire that ruled much of South America prior to European rule.
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Alpaca
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Domesticated llama with long silky fleece.
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Stela
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A stone tree carved with pictures to tell a message- created by the Mayans.
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Adobe
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Mud brick dried by the sun, used to build small homes.
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Olmec
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People who flourished along the mesoamerian coast of the Gulf of Mexico from 1200 AD to 400 BC.
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Tribute
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Praise, honor or gifts given to show respect or to show thanks.
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Nazcalines
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Huge drawings made by the Nazca people by scraping the surface of a rocky plain and which can only be properly observed by the air.
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Teotihuacan
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City that dominated the Valley of Mexico from 100AD to 750AD.
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Chinampas
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First influential culture in South America, which flourished from around 900 BC. to 200 BC.
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Quipu
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Knotted strings represented numbers used to keep records in the Inca empire.
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Kiva
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pueblo Indians pit house, which served as a ceremonial chamber or clubhouse of the men.
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Tenochtitlan
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The capital of the ancient Aztec empire on the site of present-day Mexico City.
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Maize
Definition
corn.
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Aztec
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A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
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Chavin
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First influential culture in South America, which flourished from around 900 BC to 200 BC.
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Mesoamerica
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The area between North America, including Mexico and Central America.
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Capybara
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With a body length of over 3 feet and a weight of more than 100 pounds.
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Maya
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Central American Indians, who possessed one of the greatest civilizations before Aztec's domination.
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