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Ch12 Early Amer Civ (HMS)
Ch 12 Early Amer Civ (HMS)
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History
8th Grade
11/02/2009

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slash and burn

Definition

farming technique where trees are cut down and burned to clear the land

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Aztecs

Definition

people who lived in the Valley of Mexico

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terraces

Definition

step-like ledges cut into mountains to make land for farming

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Tenochtitlan

Definition

capital city of Aztecs

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Incas

Definition

powerful South American empire in the 1400-1500's

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quipu

Definition

group of knotted strings to record information

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maize

Definition
corn (word for it)
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census

Definition

official count of people in a place

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Mayas

Definition

people who established a civilization in Middle America (after Olmecs)

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hieroglyphics

Definition

signs and symbols of the Mayan writing system

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Andes

Definition

mountain chain of western South America

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Cuzco

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capital city of the Incan Empire

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Sapa Inca
Definition
title for leader of the Incas
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Quechua
Definition
spoken language of Incas
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llamas and alpacas
Definition
cousins to "ship of the desert"
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suspension bridges
Definition
Inca invention still used today
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Atahualpa
Definition
last Sapa Inca
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Francisco Pizarro
Definition
Spanish conquistador of Inca
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smallpox and measles
Definition
diseases brought by Spanish
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Machu Picchu
Definition
vacation city for Sapa Inca
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Nazca lines
Definition
mysterious "alien" drawings in Inca empire
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Yucatan peninsula
Definition
geographic location of Maya in Central America
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Olmec
Definition
people who influenced the Maya
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human sacrifice
Definition
Maya did this to honor gods; Aztecs so sun would rise
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pok-ta-tok
Definition
ballgame of Maya
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Valley of Mexico
Definition
geographic location of Aztecs in Central America
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Tenochtitlan
Definition
capital city in the middle of a lake
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chinampas
Definition
island gardens
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calendar and hieroglyphics
Definition
2 things Aztecs copied from the Maya
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Montezuma
Definition
last Aztec emperor
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Hernando Cortes
Definition
Spanish conquistador of Aztecs
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