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| natural volcanic glass, a rock used in the past to make very sharp blades |
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| slash-and-burn agriculture |
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| a farming method in which trees and other plants are cut down and burned |
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| a period of very little or no rain |
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| a symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound |
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| buildings for observing the sky |
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| a wall to hold back water across the middle of a lake. |
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| a system in which one person from a ruling family has unlimted powers |
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| canals or pies that carry fresh water |
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| a member of any people under Aztec influence |
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| A member of a Mesoamerican Indian people inhabiting southeast Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize |
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| people who lived in rainforests in Mexico |
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| a peninsula of Central America between the Gulf of Mexico and the Carribean |
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| ruined city of Zapotec culture |
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