Ancient Latin America Vocab

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Symbol or picture writing

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hieroglyph

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Inca city in the clouds

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Machu Picchu

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Aztec floating gardens

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chinampas

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Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs

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Hernan Cortes

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Last Aztec Emperor

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Montezuma II

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Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Incas

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Francisco Pizarro

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Last Incan Emperor

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Atahualpa

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Goods exchanged between Europeans and Native Americans.

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Columbian Exchange

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Seasonal warm ocean current bringing warmer winter weather to North America

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El Nino

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Clearing a wide area of trees

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deforestation