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Ch 12- Civilization Of The Americas Flashcards

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Machu Picchu

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Important Incan city

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Andes

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Mountain chain in South America where the incas were located

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Cuzco

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Incan Capitol

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Cuzco means

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Center

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Incan empire extended by

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Conquering

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Incan emperor

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Sapa inca

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Incan emperor related to

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Sun god

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Census

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Official count of people, made sure everyone payed taxes

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Incan language

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Quechua

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Quipu

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Knitted strings used to record dates by the incas

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Relay runners

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Carried quipus to different parts of the empire

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Incas only used For constructing

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Stone

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Terraces

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Steplike ledges used by the incas to farm on steep montains

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Incas conquered bye

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Francisco Pizarro

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Conquistador

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Spanish conqueror

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Aztecs located in

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Valley of Mexico

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Capitol of Aztecs

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Tenochtitlan

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First civilization of Middle America

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Olmecs

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Mayas located

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Yucatan peninsula Mexico

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Slash and burn

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Mayan farming technique

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Most important Mayan crop

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Maize corn

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The Mayans were an empire

True or false

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False

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Mayans were divided in

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Citystates

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Mayan priests were

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Mathematicians, developed calendars

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Hieroglyphs

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Mayan system of writing

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Pok at tok

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Mayan sport

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Mayans were conquered by Spanish

True or false

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To supply tenochtitlan with water Aztecs built

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When in need of farm land, Aztecs went

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To the chinampas, raised fields for farming

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To bring good harvests, Aztecs would

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Pray and sacrifice

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Conqueror of aztcs

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Herando Cortes

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Mound builders

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Native American groups that built the mound in the Midwest

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First mound builders

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We know the adena traded because

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Items found there were not from there

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Mound builders after Adena

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Hope well society

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Not organized with a big ruler

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Hope we’ll trade

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Long distance

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Mound builders after hope well

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Misssissippians

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Cahokia

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Illinois, biggest mound built by Mississippians

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Ancestral puebloans also called

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Chaco canyon

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Trading center for a. Puebloans

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Pueblos

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A. Puebloans houses made out of thick brick to protect from elements

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Kivas

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Rooms inside pueblos used for religious ceremonies

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Ancestral puebloans now called

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Pueblos believe in spirits

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Great Plains

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From the Mississippi r. To the rocky mts

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Mandan

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Farming group of the Great Plains

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Sioux

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Nomad group of the Great Plains

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Tipis

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Sioux house, easy to assemble

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Plains Indians conquered by

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Totem poles

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Symbol of wealth in the woodlands

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Potlatch

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Symbol of wealth in the woodlands

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Iroquois

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Group in woodlands, formed nations of Iroquois league for peace

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Where are the northwest coast cultures located

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Top left by Oregon and Canada

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Where are the puebloans located

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By Nevada and Mexico

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Where are the mound builders located

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Most of Midwest and southwest, all the way down to Florida

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Where are the Iroquois located

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Top right, very small, near Vermont

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Where are the Aztec located

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Middle of Mexico, just on top of the part where it starts curving

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Where are the Mayans located

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Yuca ton peninsula, that big thumb right in the middle of Mexico

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Where are the incas located

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S shaped, along east of South America, over chile, over Andes mts

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When did the pueblos begin and end

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When did the mound builders begin and end

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700bc-1250ad

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When did the Aztec begin and end

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When did the Mayans begin and end

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300bc-900ad

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When did the incas begin and end

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