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| When will our world end according to the Mayan Long Count calender? | December 23, 2012 |
| What was human sacrifice used for? | appease gods, benefit people and environment, special ceremonies |
| What stage gave Cortes 50,000 warriors to fight the Aztecs? | Tlexcala |
| What were the two major mountain ranges in the western Americas? | Rockies and Andes |
| Who use the League of Iroquois as a model for colonial union? | Benjamin Franklin |
| What was the dominant structure in Mesoamerican civilization? | pyramid topped with a shrine |
| Who was driven into the snake-infested jungle? | Aztecs |
| What killed more people in Central America than warfare? | smallpox |
| What is a clan? | group of related families |
| What are indentured workers? | landless laborers |
| What was the Incan state built on? | forced labor |
| What is quipu? | Incan system of record keeping with knots |
| Who did Cortes conquer? | Aztecs |
| Who did Pizarro conuuer? | Incans |
| Who was Quatzecoatl in Toltec legend? | bannished prince who promised to return |
| What is an aqueduct? | artificial channel or conduit to carry water from distant location (usually by gravity) |
| What is a causeway? | built up roadway across low/wet ground or shallow water |
| What is a tribute? | goods or $ payed by conquered people to ocnquerers |
| Why did Aztecs build their capital in middle of Lake Texcoco? | saw sign of eadle on cacuts growing out of rock there |
