| A | B |
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| Mayans location | Central America; Yucatan Peninsula |
| Mayan cities | Tikal and Copan |
| Mayan hierarchy of social classes | priests,nobles,gov't.officials,warriors,peasant farmers,slaves |
| Mayan writing | used pictographs for hieroGLYPHICS |
| Aztec location | Mexico |
| Aztec capital | an island in Lake Texcoco called Tenochtitlan |
| Aztec legend | an eagle, snake, cactus |
| dates of Inca civilization | 1400-1533 |
| Incas location | Peru, South America, in the Andes Mts. |
| Incas religion | believed in a sun god |
| Incas achievements | medicine( quinine and surgery), roads |
| emperor of Incas | Atahualpa |
| emperor of Aztecs | Montezuma |
| location of Paiute | Great Basin |
| Location of Navajo | southwest |
| Tlingit | lived on Pacific Coast; ate halibut and salmon |
| Iroquois and Algonquin | Eastern Woodlands; New York; lived in longhouses |
| shelter of Navajo | hogans |
| sachem | chief selected by women in the Iroquois because they were matrilineal |
| League of Confederacy | made up of 5 tribes |
| kachinas | spirit dolls |
| the three sisters | beans, squash and corn called by the Iroquois |
| nomads | travelled a great deal |
| sachem | tribal chief chosen by women |
| archaeology | study of evidence left behind |
| Asia | where the first americans came from |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Golden Age | characterized by good times and peace |
| civilization | advanced culture |
