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WH Unit 2 GSE-CCHS
Term | Definition |
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Tribute | an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration. |
Quipu | an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways. |
Chinampas | in the Aztec empire, an artificial island used to cultivate crops and made of mud piled atop reed mats that were anchored to the lake bed with willow trees. |
Ayllu | in the Inca empire, a close-knit village |
Pueblo | an American Indian settlement of the southwestern US, especially one consisting of multi storied adobe houses built by the Pueblo people. |
Olmec | a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico ( c. 1200–400 BC), who established what was probably the first Meso-American civilization. |
Mesoamerica | region of North America, including Mexico and Central America, in which civilizations with common cultural features developed before Europeans entered the continent. |
Scribes | a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented. |
Maize | technical or chiefly British term for corn |
Cuzco | capital city of the Inca empire |
Glyphs | a hieroglyphic character or symbol |
Terraced Farming | flat strips of land on steep hillsides with stone walls built in to hold the land in place so crops can be grown |
Inca empire | The most powerful of the Andean civilizations |