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9296957474Aliæi nuiHawaiian class of high chiefs.0
9296957475Aztec Empirepowerful Indian empire founded on Lake Texcoco (Mexico)1
9296957476CahokiaMississippian settlement near present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as 25,000 Native Americans2
9296957477Chimuregional Andean chiefdom that flourished from 800 to 1465 C.E.; fell to the Incas.3
9296957478ChinampasRaised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields.4
9296957479ChucuitoKingdom dominating the highland regions of lake Titicaca5
9296957480HuitzilopochtliAztec sun god6
9297179551Inca empireEmpire in Peru. conquered by Pizarro, who began an empire for the Spanish in 15357
9297181834IroquoisA group of tribes speaking related languages living in the eastern Great Lakes region.8
9297181835MaraePolynesian temples with several terraced floors9
9297185391MétisPeople of mixed Native American and French Canadian descent10
9297185392OceaniaThe region of the world centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean11
9297187166Quetzalcoatlan Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent12
9297188609QuipuAn arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.13
9297188610TenochtitlanThe captial city of the Aztecs.14
9297190140Toltecspowerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of Mesoamerica.15
9297191559YucatanPeninsula in Central America, home of the Maya.16

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