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chapter 20: Worlds Apart - The Americans and Oceania

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7935790509Teotihuacan"The Place of the Gods"; first planned city in the Americas in the Valley of Mexico0
7935790510Chichén Itzáa Mayan state that tried to unify the Mayan people under one centralized rule1
7935790511Mexica / Aztecsfounded Tenochititlan and the Aztecs, regarded themselves as chosen people in charge of keeping the world from destruction2
7935790512Chinampasfloating farming islands made by the Aztec3
7940554281Tenochtitlanthe captial city of the Aztecs4
7940554282Calpulli7 Aztec clans that distributed land and provided labor and warriors5
7940554283calendarsa schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress6
7940554284Quetzalcoatlan Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent7
7940554285HuitzilopochtliAztec god of sun and war8
7940554286matriarchya form of social organization in which females dominate males9
7940554287confederationan alliance of independent states10
7940554288Cuzcothe capital city of the Incan Empire, located in present-day Peru11
7940554289Allyusin Incan society, a clan or community that worked together on projects required by the ruler12
7940554290Quipuknotted cords of various lengths and colors used by the Inca to keep financial records13
7940554291mummificationthe preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth14

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