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| South American river with a huge rain-forested basin |
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| The first inhabitants of the Americas migrated from this continent. |
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| Era when people first migrated to the Americas over a temporary land bridge |
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| Ocean that forms the western border of North and South America |
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| Great river of North America, one of the world's three longest |
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| Geographic area that lies between North America and South America |
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| Present-day nation where the Mayan and Aztec states were centered |
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| Mexican peninsula, home to the Mayan civilization |
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| Great mountain range of western North America |
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| South American mountains that were home to the Incas |
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| Human migrants came to the Americas when a land bridge replaced part of this body of water |
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| Narrow land bridge that connects Central and South America |
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| The two present-day nations where the Inca state existed |
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| The southern tip of South America |
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| Mountain basin 7,000 feet above sea level, in central Mexico |
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| Name for the temporary land bridge that formed between Siberia and Alaska |
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| Site in Chile with evidence of human life in 10,500 B.C.E. |
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| Great mountain range of Mexico |
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| Most important food crop of Mesoamerica |
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| Chianampas, used by early farmers to grow crops in shallow lakes |
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| Unique and colossal Olmec monuments |
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| Time-tracking device developed by several early Mesoamerican cultures |
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| Body of water whose shoreline formed a boundary of Olmec lands |
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| People who developed Mesoamerica's first known civilization |
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| Writing system developed by the Zapotec people |
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| Typical terrain of Peru's coastal plain |
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| Teotihuacan's giant structure, larger than Egypt's Great Pyramid |
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| Warlike people of central Mexico who ruled an empire based on conquest (900 - early 1200s) |
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| Culture that flourished on Peru's north coast from about 100 to 700 |
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| City-state - first major civilization of central Mexico, centered around a monumental city |
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| First civilization of the Andes Mountains |
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| People of Peru who created huge drawings that can only be seen from the air |
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| Civilization that flourished in southern Mexico's Oaxaca Valley (c. 500 B.C.E. to C.E. 600) |
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| The Feathered Serpent, a snake-bird god common to various Mesoamerican cultures |
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| Site of important Olmec remains |
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| The first large urban center in the Americas, developed by the Zapotec |
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| Cone-shaped tents of the Plains Indians |
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| Besides hunting, a major pastime of the Plains Indians |
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| Animal that was the basis of Plains Indians' existence |
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| American Indians of the southwestern U.S., whose name was based on their adobe homes |
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| Basis of the Pueblo economy |
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| Basis of the Plains Indian economy |
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| Late migrants from Siberia who settled in the Arctic |
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| Basis of northwestern American Indian economy |
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| Great wooden carvings that symbolized tribal history for northwestern American Indians |
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| Purpose of the mounds constructed by certain American Indians |
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| Type of Anasazi canyon housing found at southwestern sites such as Mesa Verde |
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| Organization formed by five eastern American Indian tribes |
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| Elaborate feasting and gift-giving ceremony of northwestern tribes |
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| Large underground chamber used by southwestern peoples for religious ceremonies |
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| Midwestern and southern American Indians who practiced a unique building style |
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| Great center of the Mississippian people in Illinois, featuring at least 60 mounds |
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| People of the southwest who built large stone and adobe villages later called pueblos |
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| "Vanished" farmers of the desert southwest who lived in today's Arizona |
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| The two legendary founders of the Iroquois alliance |
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| People of the Yucatan, southern Mexico, and northern Central America |
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| Wandering warriors who settled in central Mexico |
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| People who destroyed the Aztec and Inca empires |
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| People of the Andes Mountains who created an empire |
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| Important and deadly aspect of the Aztec religion |
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| human sacrifice (on a massive scale) |
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| Basis of the Mayan economy |
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| What conquered peoples were required to do for the Aztecs |
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| Type of communication unknown to the Incas |
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| Cause of the Incan empire's decline |
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| Now-ruined Incan city, isolated atop a high mountain |
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| Capital city of the Incas |
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| Renowned Mayan city, huge buildings, on the Yucatan Peninsula (many tourists today) |
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| Aztec capital city in Lake Texcoco |
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| Advanced feature of Mayan mathematics |
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| Type of temples built by Mayans |
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| Largest Mayan city, located in present-day Guatemala |
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| Transportation network of 14,000 miles built by the Incas |
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| Deity from whom the Inca ruler descended |
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| Chief Aztec deity, the sun god |
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| Incan ruler who created the empire in the 1400s |
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| Knotted, colored strings used by Incans to keep records |
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| Structures that recorded important events in Mayan history |
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