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| Native American name for corn |
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| earliest American civilization |
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| artifi-cial islands made of mud piled atop reed mats that were anchored to the shallow lake-bed with willow trees |
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| payment from conquered peoples |
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| mixture of clay and plant fibers that becomes hard as it dries in the sun |
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| a collection of colored strings that were knotted in different ways to represent various numbers |
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| leaders of each Inca village, |
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flat strips of land on steep hillsides and built stone walls to hold the land in place |
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| most impressive example of lnca stonework |
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| form of writing that consists of symbols |
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