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The Americas -
The Maya, Aztec, and Inca Empires
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliances | political agreements between people or states to work together. |
| codices | Books about daily life that were written by the Aztecs. |
| Tenochtitlan | Place of the prickly pear cactus, the capital city of the Aztecs |
| quipu | a rope with knotted cords used by the Incas to solve math problems and record events. |
| conquistadors | soldier-explorers sent to the Americas by Spain. |
| small pox | a disease brought from Europe to the Americas that killed thousands of native people. |
| treason | disloyalty to the government |
| drought | a long time without rain |
| monopoly | only one group controls all the money-making in a business. |
| monument | a structure that is built to remember or celebrate a group of people or an event. |
| hieroglyphics | an ancient way of writing that uses pictures to represent words. |