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| hieroglyphs | The Mayan written language system used symbols called __. |
| chinampas | Floating gardens of the Aztec civilization were called ___. |
| isthmus | An ___ is a narrow strip of land that connects two landmasses. |
| Machu Picchu | 8000 ft. high city with terrace stairways. Example of Incan stonework. |
| Atahualpa | Incan ruler that was defeated by Pizarro. |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish soldier who conquered the Inca. |
| Hernán Cortés | Conquered the Aztec for Spain |
| Aztec | lived in present day Mexico City. |
| Inca | built a road system |
| terrace farming | a type of farming used by Inca build on the sides of mountains |
| slash and burn | a type of farming used by Aztec and Maya where they cut down and burned trees to create fertile soil |
| Maya | developed an understanding of the mathematical concept of zero |
| Polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| Tropcial Zone | Latin America has hot weather because it lies in the __________. |
