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| This was the most important crop to the Mayas. | Maize
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| The Aztecs settled in this valley. | Mexico
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| This Spanish explorer and his army conquered the Incan Empire. | Pizzaro
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| This record-keeping device was used by the Incas. | Quipu
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| The Mayas were the first to use this number. | Zero
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| This was the great island city of the Aztecs. | Tenochtitlan
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| The Incan Empire spread across this continent. | South America
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| A calendar-round cycle is this long. | 52 years.
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| This was the most important food in the Incan diet. | Potatoes
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| He was the last great emperor of the Aztecs. | Montezuma
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| the first ruler of the Incas | Manco Capac
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| ____ is the title given to the Incan ruler. | Sapa Inca
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| This is the mountain chain where most of the Incas lived. | Andes
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| ____ are the social class of honored men and relatives of the emperor. | Nobles
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| ____ are the social class of farmers, herdsmen, and artisans. | commoners
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| ____ is a tax in the form of goods and services. | Mit'a
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| ____ farming is the method of creating flat areas of land on a mountainside for growing crops. | Terrace
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| This was the capital city of the Incas. | Cuzco
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| These animals were domesticated by the Incas | Llamas ans Alpacas
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| These were built to connect the many parts of the Incan Empire. | Roads
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| These civilizations developed writing systems and calendars. | Aztecs and Mayans
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| This city was “lost” for 400 years. | Machu Picchu
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| What is the highest peak in the western hemisphere? | Aconcagua
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| This is what the Aztecs called their emperor. | Huey Tlatoani
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| These people were usually captured in war or bought from other groups of people. | slaves
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| Aztec leaders paid this to the emperor. | tribute
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| He was a Spanish explorer who arrived on the coast of Mexico in 1519. | Cortez
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| This was established to govern the early Aztecs. | tribal council
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| This was the number of main classes of people in Aztec society | 4
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| Members of this social class owned their own land. | noble
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| Most of the Aztec people belonged to this social class. (farmers) | commoners
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| These began as family groups but later were based on trades. | calpulli
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| Aztec warriors belonged to this social class. | Nobles
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| These linked the Aztec capital city to the mainland. | causeways
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| These were called “floating gardens.” | chinampas
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| This is the most famous Aztec sculpture. | Calendar Stone
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| These were built as a place to bury kings and to observe the stars. | Pyramids
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| This was a ball game that was a religious ritual. | Pok-aTok
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| This is how often the Mayas rebuilt their temples. | 52 years
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| This is the name of the region where the ancient Mayas lived. | Central America
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| This is the name of the Mayan religious calendar | Tzolkin
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| The Mayas studied this science, which helped in developing calendars. | astromony
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| This calendar has 260 days. | Tzolkin
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| This calendar has 365 days | Haab
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| This observatory was used to predict the equinox. | El Caracol
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| A serpent appears to crawl down the steps of this pyramid at an equinox | Kukulcan
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| The Mayan math system is made up of this number of symbols. | 3
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| The Mayas thought that this planet was more important than the sun. | Venus
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| This occurs when the Earth, sun, and moon are in a nearly straight line. | Eclipse
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