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| Native American name for corn |
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earliest American civilization,emerged in the
tropical forests along the Gulf Coast of Mexico. |
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| sculpted tall stone monuments, |
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Aztecs
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artificial islands made of mud piled atop reed mats that were anchored to the
shallow lake-bed with willow trees. |
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| payment from conquered peoples |
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| mixture of clay and plant fibers |
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collection of colored strings that were knotted in differ-
ent ways to represent various numbers. |
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| leaders of each Inca village, |
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| Inca created kept rains from washing away the soil and made farming possible in places where naturally flat land was scarce. |
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Machu Picchu is the most impressive
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| the form of writing used to communicate |
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