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Americas Early Civilizations

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Maya   Early Civilization in the Americas: Location: modern-day Mexico and Central AA  
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Yucatan   Peninsula where Mayan Civilization flourished  
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Pictograms   Mayans had a Glyph system of writing using...  
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Polytheism   Mayan religion was based on the idea of  
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Calendar   Mayan's developed the 365 ______  
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Pyramids   Mayans built _____ (similar to Egyptians) for religious, sacrificial, and navigation purposes  
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Mexico   Aztec Civilization located in the modern-day country of  
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Tenochititlan   Capital city of the Aztec Civilization  
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Emperor   Aztecs had a ruler called an-  
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Human Sacrifice   Aztecs practiced _______ to appease the polytheistic Gods/Deities.  
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writing   The Aztecs had a _____ system much like the Mayans based on Glyphs and Pictograms.  
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South America   Continent in which Incan Civilization could be found  
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Andes   Mountain Range of the Incan Empire  
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Machu Picchu   Capital City of the Incan Empire  
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Bureaucracy   Incan government used a _______ with local governors to run specific geographic areas  
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Quipu   Rather than a written language, Incan record keeping was based on use of the ______, knotted strings.  
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Terrace   To feed the large population of the Incas, high-altitude ______ Farming was used.  
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connected   The Incas had thousands of roads and bridges that _____ the vast empire.  
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Hernan Cortez   Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire  
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Francisco Pizarro   Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca Empire  
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Smallpox   European disease that devastated Native American populations  
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Aztec   Early American civilization located in Modern-Day Central Mexico  
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Chinampas   floating gardens Aztecs used for farming/agriculture  
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corn   staple crop for early American civilizations (also known as maize)  
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