Unit 7 Vocab- Meso & South America

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native to an area

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indigenous

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Incan city rediscovered in 1911, Peru

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Machu Picchu

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Official messengers of the Inca Empire

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chasquis

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Ancient Incan device for recording info with colored knotted threads.

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quipu

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Indigenous people who built an empire along the west coast of South America

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Inca

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Floating gardens of the Aztecs

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Chinampas

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Indigenous empire builders in central Mexico

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Aztec

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Farming method used by the Maya: land cleared by cutting and burning plants.

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slash and burn

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Indigenous empire builders in southern Mexico and northern Central America.

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Maya

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Area from present-day Nicaragua to north of Mexico City

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MesoAmerica