Mayas Incas Aztecs and Mississippians

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an advanced state of human society,in which a high level of social Structure, religion, technology, agriculture, and government has been reached

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civilazation

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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 area

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Astronomy

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The science that deals with the universe beyond the Earth . It describes the nature, position, and motion of the stars , planets , and other objects in the skies, and their relation to the Earth.

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Calender

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a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.

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hieroglyphic

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Also hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.

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empire

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a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.

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plateau

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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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mummify

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to make (a dead body) into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.

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emperor

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he male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire:
the emperors of Rome.

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Sapa Inca

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the only Inca or the great inca

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allyus

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family units of ten to twenty people

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terraces

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a flat level area caved into a slope

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terrace farming

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farming on the areas that are terraces

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irrigation canal

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a human made channel across land that moves water to where it is needed

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litters

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a vehicle with a chair or bed Carried on two poles by people or animals

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aqueducts

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a channel or canal made to make water across land

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Tenochtitlan

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a city on an island in an lake

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Montezuma II

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the 9th and last true emperor of the Aztecs

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chinampas

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a floating garden

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adobe

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they are homes made from logs or clay bricks

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causeways

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raised roadway across a swamp or body of water

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epidemic

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a widespread outbreak of a contagious disease

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multicropping

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planting a crop , harvesting it , and then planting another crop on the same field

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inter- cropping

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planting multiple crops together

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moat

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is a wide water filled ditch around a settlement meant to protect it from attack

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palisade

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a fence of wooden poles surrounding a settlement 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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large flat top mounds about 15 to 20 feet wide

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hierarchy

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a system where people are grouped according to status or authority

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tribute

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an offering or payment to a leader or ruler