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World History: Unit9
Sydney Huynh
Term | Definition |
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Moche | culture that flourished along the northern coast of Peru from around A.D. 100 to A.D. 700 |
Nazcalines | huge drawings made by the Nazca people by scraping the surface of a rocky plain and which can only be properly observed from the air |
Tenochititlan | The capitol of the ancient Aztec empire on the site of present-day Mexico City |
Teotihuacan | city that dominated the Valley of Mexico from 100 A.D. to 750 A.D. |
Inti | the basic unit of money in peru |
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui | first emperor of the Inca empire |
Maize | corn |
Olmec | people who flourished along the Mesoamerican coast of the Gulf of Mexico from 1200 B.C. to 400 B.C. |
Capybara | with a body length of over 3 feet and a weight of more than 100 pounds, this animal is definitely the world's largest rodent! it has partially webbed fett that help the animal to swim |
Alpaca | domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco |
Stela | a stone tree carved with pictures to tell a message - created by the Mayans |
Mesoamerica | the area between North America and South America, including Mexico and Central America |
Cuzco | city at the center of the Incan Empire |
Chavin | first influential culture in South America, which flourished from around 900 B.C. to 200 B.C |
Inca | an empire that ruled much of South America prior to European rule |
tribute | praise, honor or gifts given to show respect or to show thanks |
Kiva | Pueblo Indians pit house, which served as a ceremonial chamber or clubhouse of the men. it was located in a central place in the pueblo |
Chinampas | Floating gardens created by weaving reeds together and adding soil on top - often 30 X 330 ft |
Aztec | a tribe of Native Americans who lived near New Mexico after the Mayans |
Adobe | mud brick dried by the sun, used to build small homes |
Quipu | knotted strings representing numbers used to keep records in the Inca empire |
Maya | Central American Indians, who possessed one of the greatest civilizations before aztec's domination |