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| 8506083540 | Indians | Name Columbus gave to Native Americans when he arrived in America, but thought he was in the Indies. | 0 | |
| 8506155350 | Toltec culture | succeeded Teotihuacan in central Mexico, influenced culture there for centuries. | 1 | |
| 8506228563 | Toltec Empire | established in 968 in central Mexico, expanded into Central America, and fell to nomadic invaders in 1150. | 2 | |
| 8506237511 | Cahokia | centered in St. Louis, the Mound Builders of Cahokia lived on 5 square miles and contained 30,000 people. | 3 | |
| 8506276193 | Tenochtitlan | settled by Aztec people in 1325, on Lake Texcoco. | 4 | |
| 8506308349 | chinampas | "floating islands" made of mud, sand, and weeds in lakes, provided most Aztec agriculture. | 5 | |
| 8506313387 | pochteca | merchant class in Aztec society; specialized in long distance trade and luxury items. | 6 | |
| 8506316880 | calpulli | clans that the Aztec naturally divided into, 7 of them. | 7 | |
| 8506337172 | The Great Speaker | rulers of city-states within the Aztec empire. | 8 | |
| 8506357356 | Incan Empire | flourished in South America between 1400 and 1533. | 9 | |
| 8506357357 | Pachacuti | ruler of Inca society from 1438 to 1471; gained control of land from Cuzco to Lake Titicaca. | 10 | |
| 8506359776 | Twantinsuyu | the Inca name that they gave their empire, which stretched from Columbia to Chile, and East into Argentina. | 11 | |
| 8506381449 | Temple of the Sun | religious center in Cuzco; held mummies of past rulers. | 12 | |
| 8506386464 | tambos | Inca storehouses and inns for armies or mailmen on the move. | 13 | |
| 8506388007 | Quechua | language of the Inca. | 14 |
