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8185647124Teotihuacan"The Place of the Gods"; first planned city in the Americas in the Valley of Mexico0
8185658540chinampasRaised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.1
8185662703MayaAncient civilization located in Yucatan Peninsula and present day Guatemala2
8185675899ToltecsCentral American society that was centered around the city of Tula3
8185682944AztecsAncient civilization (1200-1521AD) that was located in what is present-day Mexico City4
8185692650TenochtitlanThe captial city of the Aztecs.5
8185698873tribute systemAztec system of collecting payments from conquered groups in the form of crops6
8185705578AnasaziAn early Native American people who lived in the American Southwest; lived in cliff dwellings7
8185711217khipuIncan record keeping system using knots and beads on rope8
8185718529aylluSmall community or clan whose members worked together for the common good9
8185723643mit'aa mandatory public service in the society of the Inca empire; rotational labor draft to work the fields and herd animals10
8185737692OlmecThe first Mesoamerican civilization. Had a huge impact on the development of Toltec and Aztec cultures.11
8185761165MaizeAn early form of corn grown by Native Americans12
8185778298Inca EmpireSouth American civilization; influenced by Andes mountains; developed terrace farming; built mountain roads13
8185837264Mound BuildersUsed earth for religious, ceremonial, burial purposes; great lakes, ohio river valley14
8185841214Mochea pre-Inca culture that flourished on the coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries AD.15
8185859832Mohenjo-DaroIndus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system.16

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