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The Americas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pampa | grassy plains area in Argentina |
| El Nino | warm pacific current that affects climate around the world |
| Amazon | longest river in the world |
| Paleo-Indians | first people who crossed the land-bridge |
| Olmecs | early native group with large stone heads |
| Tikal | largest city and religious center of the Maya |
| Stela | stone pillars with carvings |
| pokatok | basketball game where losers were killed |
| toltecs | established capitol in central Mexico; adopted Mayan customs; militaristic |
| tula | capitol of toltecs in central mexico |
| Maya | located in the Yucatan Peninsula; had city states; economy based on farming and trade; raised field and irrigation system; slaves were prisoners of war |
| tenochtitlan | capitol of Aztec; seen as sacred space for religion |
| chinampas | floating islands; beds of weed and mud in frames rooted in the lake floor |
| Nezhualcoyotl | religious poet |
| Huitzilopochtli | aztec patron of military and led military sacraficing |
| Pochtecha | merchant class who specialize in long distance trade |
| capulli | kin group who controlled a neighborhood |
| Sapa Inca | emperor of Inca; son of sun |
| tambos | inns/waste stations for the military of Inca |
| ayllas | clan that inhabited the andes |
| curacas | local rulers who helped control each clan |
| chosen women | young girls selected to be trained by the government |
| Yanas | artisan and servant class that serve the nobility |
| Inti | sun god of the Inca |
| quipi | knotted rope used for communication |
| quechua | language of the Inca |
| Machu Pichu | terraces and stone walls created in the Andes Mountains by the Inca |
| Twantinsuyu | name the Inca called themselves |
| Andean Civilizations | lived in villages; self sufficient economy; many religious centers; grew corm, squash, and potatoes |
| Contributions of Maya | Hieroglyphics; astronomy/calendars; math/0 and number system; pokatok |
| Contributions of Aztec | writing system; calendars; medicine; writing/poetry; engineering/ aqueducts, cement, causeways, and dams |
| Contributions of Inca | quipu; quechua; metal working; rode system; surgery; calendar; engineering/bridges, canals, and stone buildings |
| Reasons Aztecs and Inca were conquered | Spanish conquerors brought illness; conquered by the Spanish through war; Spain joined with clans around |
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