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America-Vocab-SS

Study for the my test-30 min a night

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Strip of land that connects two landmasses Isthmus
a region that includes the southern part of mexico and much of Central America Mesoamerica
a culture that shapes and influences the customs and ideas of later cultures mother culture
the earliest known mesoamerican culture which flourished from 1200 to 200 BC and was centered in what is now southeastern mexico Olmec
Having a warm and rainy climate tropical
an area of southeastern mexico that extends into the Caribbean sea and the gulf of mexico Yucatan Peninsula
a book used by early mesoamerican civilizations to record important historical events codex
a mesoamerican civilization which reached its height between 250 and 900 AD Maya
an ancient carved stone marker commemorating an important date or great event Steles
a civilization of nomadic hunters and gatherers who settled in the valley of mexico in the 1200 AD Aztecs
human-made islands created by the Aztecs for planting crops Chinampas
enforced payment or contribution tribute
a runner in the Incan empire who carried messages up and down the length of the empire chasqins
south american Indians who ruled an empire int he Andes mountains of south america from roughly 1200-1500 AD Inca
was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire Hernan Cortes
the last of the Aztec empire Montezuma II
the ninth Incan ruler who expanded the empire by conquering all of Peru and surrounding lands Pachacuti
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima Francisco Pizarro
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