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Astronomy
8th Grade
02/03/2011

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Mesoamerica
Definition
South America
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Maize
Definition
corn
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Olmecs
Definition
of or designating a Mesoamerican Civilization
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Stela
Definition
an upright stone slabe or pillarfollowing bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument
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Tenochtitlan
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Aztecs Capital City in a.d 1325
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Chinampas
Definition
artaficial islands made of mud piled atop reed maps that were anchored to the shallow lake bed with willow trees
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Tribute
Definition
a payment from concourd peopeles
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Teotihuacan
Definition
an important and powerfull Aztces city
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Abode
Definition
sun dried bricks made of stone and straw
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Sapa Inca
Definition
ruler of the kingdom cusco later the emperor of the Inca Empire
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Cuzco
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Capital of Inca Empire
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Ayllu
Definition
Carried out government orders
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Terracing
Definition
Kept rains from washing away the soil and made farming possible in places where maturally flat land was scarce
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Machu Picchu
Definition
Is the most impressive example of Inca stonework, city built high in Andes, with a large complex of buildings sittina at an elevation of 7,000 feet
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Inti
Definition
The sun God
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Hieroglyphics
Definition
design pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the anceint eygeptians
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