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Ms. Warnicke Aztecs and Incas
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History
7th Grade
02/15/2009

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WHO HAD NO SYSTEM OF WRITING?
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aztecs
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QUIPU
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incan invention that helped with counting
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WHAT WAS FOUNDED BY PACHACUTI?
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cuzco:the incan empire
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CAPITAL CITY THAT FLOATS:
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Tenochtitlan: aztec empire
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WHAT IS CUZCO?
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capital of the incan empire
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TENOCHTITLAN:
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a city in the middle of a lake which made it hard to be attacked by.

also had a siege that surrounded the city stopping food and water to come in.

population: quarter of a million people

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HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING:
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mesoamericans writing language
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LIVED ON LAND IN LAKE TEXCOCO:
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aztec empire: tenochtitlan
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NAHUATL:
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language of the aztecs
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QUECHUA:
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the language of the incas
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CITY THAT CONTAINED WALL OF SKULLS:
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aztec city in the TEMPLO MAYOR
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WHO PERFORMED BRAIN SURGERY?
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ancient incan doctors
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CALPOLLI PRACTICE DEMOCRACY:
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holds democratic elections
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CORN WAS COMSUMED AS MAIN SOURCE OF FOOD FOR WHO?
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aztecs
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POTATOES WERE COMSUMED AS MAIN SOURCE OF FOOD FOR WHO?
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incas
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BUILT 25,000 MILES OF ROAD:
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incan bridge builders
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WHAT WAS BUILT WITH STONE?
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incan buildings
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WHO USED ADOBE FOR HOMES?
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aztecs

adobe(mud bricks)

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LEADER LEADS WITH ADVICE OF COUNCIL
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BRIDGE BUILDERS
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TEMPLO MAYOR TO SUN AND RAIN GOD IN CENTER OF CITY
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POLYTHEISTIC
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RULER WAS OF THE SUN AND RULED ABSOLUTELY
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MOST GODS ASSOCIATED WITH FORCES OF NATURE
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AQUEDUCTS FOR IRRIGATION
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CAPITAL CITY DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS:
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NUMBER SYSTEM BASED ON 20:
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NUMBER SYSTEWM BASED ON 10:
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EDUCATED CHILDREN OF NOBLES IN SCHOOLS
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