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What is Maize?
Native American name for corn
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Who is Pacal?
Leader of the Maya city called Palenque. Became ruler at age 12.
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What is zero?
The Maya developed a number system that included a symbol for
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What is the Andes Mountains?
Where the Inca lived
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What is Tribute?
A payment to a more powerful ruler or country
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What are observatories?
Buildings from which people study the sky
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Who is Hernan Cortes?
Conquistador that conquered the Aztecs
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What is Tenochtitlan?
The Aztec capital
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What is Mesoamerica?
The region that the Maya settled in is referred to as
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What is Obsidian?
Material used for the Maya and Aztec weapons and tools
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What are causeways?
Raised roads across water or wet ground
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Who is Montezuma?
Leader of the Aztec when they were conquered by the Spanish
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What is the Inca?
About 12 million people lived in this Empire located in the Andes Mountains
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What is Machu Picchu?
This Inca city was located high up in the Andes Mountains
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What is Masonry?
The Inca were master builders and were known for the expert stonework also known as
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What is Quechua?
The official Inca language
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Who is Pachacuti?
Inca leader that expanded their territory and began the Inca Empire
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What is Hieroglyphics?
The Maya used a written language known as
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What is Cuzco?
This capital of the Inca was connected to the rest of the empire by a network of roads
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What is War?
The Aztec came to power through Trade, Tribute and
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What are Conquistadors?
Spanish conquerors
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Who is Francisco Pizarro?
Conquistador that conquered the Inca
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What is a Quipus?
The Inca had no written language but used this knotted cords to represent numbers
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What is Lake Texcoco?
The body of water in which the Aztec built their capital
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What is Chinampas?
To create farmland out of a swampy lake, the Aztec created floating gardens called
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