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who belonged to the upper class in maya society?

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Kings, Priests, merchants, and noble warriors

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How did the maya try to please their gods?

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They gave them blood

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What happened to the maya after 900?

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People stopped building temples they moved back to the countryside

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where and when did the Aztec civilization develop?

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Central Mexico around the 1300s

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What did the Aztecs feed their gods?

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Human hearts and blood

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where was the inca empire located and What kinds of terrain did it include?

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The empire was in the west coast of South America ; Mountains

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How did the incas control their economy?

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Mita

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What social classes existed in the inca society?

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Emperor, priest and government officials in the 1st class, 2nd class was the lower class

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9
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Maize

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Corn

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10
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Buildings used to study the sky

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observatories

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11
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raised roads across water or wet grounds

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Causeways

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12
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Spanish soldiers

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Conquistadors

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13
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Spanish leader who conquered the Aztecs

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Hernand courtez

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Aztec emperor

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Moctesuma II

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Inca leader who began Spanish

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Pachacuti

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Official language of inca empire

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Quechua

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Stone work

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Masonry

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Last inca emperor

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Atahualpa

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Spanish leader who defeated the incas

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Francisco Pizarro

20
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Cultures of mexico and central america before spanish

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Mesoamerica

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First Mesoamerican civilization

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Maya

22
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Ethnec Group that settled american city regions

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Aztecs

23
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Alliance of 3 city states

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Aztec empire

24
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City built on island on present day mexico city

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Chinote chitila

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Ethnec group found in south america

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Incas

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Largest imprigue in colombian history

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Inca empire

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Where aztecs built the capital city on

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lake texcoco

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Recording device made from strings

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Quipus

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Tax system used by incas

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Mita

30
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floating gardens created by aztecs

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Chimapus

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floating gardens created by aztecs

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Chimapus

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Ancient maya city

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Palanquin

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