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| how the Andes mountains create the climate in the Atacama Desert and the tropical rainforest |
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| cold land (grow potatoes, quinoa) |
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| temperate zone (grow coffee, corn, tobacco) |
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"Mother Culture of Mesoamerica"
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| volcano rock used to make into weapons |
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| first to build a urban center |
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| 1st urban center (by Zapotec) |
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city-state
numerous pyramids
Place of the Gods |
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| god who looked like a feathered serpent |
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| largest pyramid in Teotihuacan |
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group of city-states
blood sacrafices
step pyramids
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written after the Spainards came
told about how the Mayans thought about the creation of the world |
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| Mayan afterlife (dangerous) |
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| writing system of the Mayans |
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| "mother culture of South America" |
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capital of the Chavin
worship and trade center |
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| famous for Nazca Lines written in the desert |
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| used llamas as beast of burden |
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| famous town where the tomb of Lord of Sipan lies |
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| knots used to record population and administration purposes in Andean civilisations |
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| only beast of burden in the early Americas |
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| a root that was a staple food |
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