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Vocab Maya Inca Azte
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Indigenous | Native to the land |
| City-state | An independent city that serves as a cultural center for the surrounding region. |
| Slash and burn | a farming technique that involves clearing forests and jungles by cutting down trees and burning the remains. |
| Maize | Corn |
| quipu | an object made of strings and knots that helped the Incas communicate. |
| polytheistic | the belief in many gods. |
| terrace farming | Small, flat fields that were cut into hills and mountains to farm on. |
| aqueducts | structures, ancient or modern, designed to transport water from a source to a destination, often over long distances, using gravity, and include canals, tunnels, pipes, and bridges |