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History Vocab.
Ancient Americas
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History
9th Grade
03/21/2013

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Moche
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culture that flourished along the northern coast of Peru from around A.D. 100 to A.D. 700
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Cuzco
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city at the center of the Incan empire
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Inti
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The basic unit of money in Peru
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Inca
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an empire that ruled much of South America prior to European rule
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Alpaca
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Domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
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Stela
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a stone tree carved with pictures to tell a message - created by the Mayans.
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Adobe
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mud brick dried by the sun, used to build small homes
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Olmec
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people who flourished along the meso-american coast of the Gulf of Mexico from 1200 B.C. to 400 B.C.
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Tribute
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Praise, honor or gifts given to show respect or to show thanks
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Nazcalines
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huge drawings made by the Nazca people by scraping the surface of a rocky plain and which can only be properly observed from the air
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Teotihuacan
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city that dominated teh Valley of Mexico from 100 A.D. to 750 A.D.
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Chinampas
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Floating gardens created by weaving reeds together and adding soil on top - often 30 X 330 ft.
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Quipu
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knotted strings representing numbers used to keep records in the Inca empire.
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Kiva
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Pueblo Indians pit house, which served as a ceremonial chamber or clubhouse of the men. It was located in a central place in the pueblo.
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Tenochtitlan
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The capitol of the ancient Aztec empire on the site of present-day Mexico City.
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Maize
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corn
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Aztec
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A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519. A tribe of Native Americans who lived near New Mexico after the Mayans
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Chavin
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first influential culture in South America,which flourished from around 900 B.C. to 200 B.C. The first major South American civilization in what is now Peru
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Meso-America
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The area between North America and South America, including Mexico and Central America.
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Capybara
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With a body length of over 3 feet and a weight of more than 100 pounds, this animal is definitely the world’s largest rodent! It has partially webbed feet that help the animal to swim.
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Maya
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Central American Indians, who possessed one of the greatest civilizations before Aztec's domination
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