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| geoglyph | a pictograph or other symbol carved into a surface |
| Sapa Inca | term meaning emperor in Inca Empire |
| Pacachuti | first Sapa Inca (emperor) of Inca Empire |
| Quipu | colored string or rope with knots used by the Inca for counting and recording numerical information |
| Quechua | language of the Incas |
| Alloy | blend |
| Cuzco | capital city of Inca Empire |
| Machu Picchu | city in the clouds |
| Inca | civilization was located in the Andes Mountains and built over 12 |
| ayllu | was Inca village leader who carried out government orders assigned jobs to families even arranged marriages |
| Beringia | a vast grassland exposed during the Ice Age that was located between Asia and the Americas |
| Bering Strait | a narrow waterway between Siberia and Alaska |
| Global warming | worldwide temperature increase |
| Plains | rolling flatlands |
| Tikal | a large influential city-state in Mayan civilization |
| Tenochtitlan | the Aztec capital city |
| Chinampas | floating garden used by the Aztec civilization |
| Olmec | thought to be “mother” civilization of Middle Americathe civilization that all the others modeled themselves from they farmed using slash and burn and carved colossal stone heads |
| Maya | the most advanced civilization of Middle America who developed an accurate 365 day calendar and |
| Aztec | had a large Middle America Empire where the people worshipped a sun god with daily human sacrifices. |
| tribute | payment that conquered peoples are forced to make to their conquerors |
| Teotihuacan | City that dominated the Valley of Mexico from A.D.200-750 Influenced the culture of later Mesoamerican peoples especially Aztec. |
| Mesoamerica | middle America or Central America |
| stela | tall stone monuments |
