32 words for ss :<<

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Civilizations

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An advanced state of human society in which a high level off government social structure religion technology and agricultural practices have been reached

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Mesoamerica

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a cultural region centered around Southern Mexico in which a number of early American civilizations developed

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Polytheistic

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the belief in or worship of more than one God

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City-state

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a self governing region consisting of a city and its surrounding terrority

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Astronomy

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They closely watched the stars to keep track of yearly patterns such as seasons

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Calendars

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a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year

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Hieroglyphics

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The Maya system of hieroglyphs includes circa 800 different symbols or pictographs

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Empire

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a group of countries or region controlled by a ruler.

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Plateaus

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a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.

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Mummified

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to preserve a body by embalming it and wrapping it In cloth

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Emperor

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the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire

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Sapa Inca

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The only inca

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Allyus

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usually had more than one family in it but they lived and worked together

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Terraces

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A flat level area carved into a slope

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Terrace Farming

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was used by people who lived in the Andes before the Inca empire

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Irrigation canals

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a human made channel across land that moves water from its source to where it is needed for growing crops

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Litters

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a vehicle consisting of a chair or a bed carried on two poles by people or animals

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Aqueducts

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a channel or canal made for moving water across land

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Tenochtitlan

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the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.

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Montezuma II

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was the 9th and last true emperor on the ancient Aztec civilization

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Chinampas

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a long and narrow floating field on a shallow lake bed, artificially built up by layering soil, sediment, and decaying vegetation and used, especially by the Aztecs, to grow crops.

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Adobe

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sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.

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Causeways

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a raised roadway across a swamp or body of water

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Epidemic

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a widespread outlook of a contagious disease

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Multicropping

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planting one crop harvesting it and then immediately plant another crop on the same field

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Intercropping

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is planting multiple types of crops together.

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Palisade

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A fence commonly made of wooden poles standing on an end that surrounds a settlement to protect it from attack

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Moat

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a wide water filled ditch built ti surround a settlement or building to protect it from attack

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Bluff

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a high cliff often overlooking a river

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Earthen mounds

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composed of a natural elevation of earth

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tribute

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an offering or payment to a leader or ruler

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Hierarchy

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a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked according to status or authority