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Vocab.
Vocab. Ch 16 Sec. 2,3,& 4
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History
9th Grade
12/06/2012

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Tikal
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A Major Center In Northern Guatemala
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codex
Definition
Writing System To Record important Historical Events, Carving Their Glyphs in Stone Or recording them in a bark-paper book.
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Glyph
Definition
A Hieroglyphic Character or Symbol; a Pictograph
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Popol Vuh
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A book containing a version of the mayan story of creation.
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Obsidian
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A Green Or Black Volcanic glass found in the valley of Mexico and used to make Razor-sharp weapons.
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Quetzalcoatl
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" The Feathered Serpent " A God of The Toltecs and Other Mesoamerican Peoples.
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Triple Alliance
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A union or association between three powers or states, in particular that made in 1668 between England, the Netherlands, and Sweden against France, and that in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy against France and Russia
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Montezuma II
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In 1502, He was A New Ruler & Crowned Emperor.
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Pachacuti
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A Powerful and Ambitious Ruler. He Took The throne.
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Ayllu
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In Incan society, a small community or family group whose members worked together for the common good.
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Mita
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In The Incan Empire, The Requirement That All able-bodied subjects work for the state a certain number of days each year.
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Quipu
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An Arrangement of knotted strings on a Cord , used by the Inca to record numerical information.
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