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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