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| 10683318137 | City-state | Each one ruled by a king and consisting of a city and its surrounding territory. | 0 | |
| 10683318138 | Tribute | Payments from the conquered to the conqueror. | 1 | |
| 10683318139 | Moche | One of the most significant civilizations to develop in the Andes. | 2 | |
| 10683318140 | Huaca del Sol | (Temple of the Sun) A stepped pyramid. | 3 | |
| 10683318141 | Huaca de la Luna | (Temple of the Moon) A terraced platform. | 4 | |
| 10683318142 | Ayllus | Small communities based on the idea of communal work. | 5 | |
| 10683318143 | Mesoamerica | Central America and what is now Mexico. | 6 | |
| 10683318144 | Olmec | A foundational civilization in Mesoamerica that heavily influenced two later groups, the Mayan and Aztec civilizations. | 7 | |
| 10683318145 | Teotihuacan | Founded around 150 B.C.E. not far from where Mexico City is today. | 8 | |
| 10683318146 | Maya | Terraced fields to limit erosion of the land that they had cleared on hillsides. | 9 | |
| 10683318147 | Mayan | A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include mathematics, architecture, and a 365 day a year calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries C.E.. | 10 | |
| 10683318148 | Mother civilization | Another name for the Olmec's. | 11 | |
| 10683318149 | Hieroglyphics | An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds. | 12 | |
| 10683318150 | Classic Period | 250-900 C.E. | 13 | |
| 10683318151 | Caracol | An observatory, built around 1000 C.E. by the Maya. | 14 | |
| 10683318152 | Chichen Itza | A city where the Caracol is located. | 15 | |
| 10683318153 | Obsidian | Hard glass rock. | 16 | |
| 10683318154 | Slash-and-burn agriculture | A farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land. | 17 |
