Mesoamerica Vocab

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A highly traded, glasslike volcanic rock used for spearheads and sacrifices.

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Obsidian

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Royal retreat for Inca rulers in the Andes

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Machu Pichu

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Spanish soldiers like Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizarro

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Conquistadors

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Inca society members who orally passed down legends and history.

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Memorizers

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Ancient Mayan writing system using logograms or pictures for words.

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Hieroglyphics

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Buildings for studying astronomy or star movement.

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Observatories

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Region in southern Mexico & Northern Central America.

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Mesoamerica

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Raised roads across water or wet ground

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Causeways

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Raised gardens in the swampy Aztec capital Tenochtitlan

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Chinampas

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Stonework cut so precisely by Inca workers that no cement was needed.

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Masonry