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| 2018057669 | Mita | work on state lands or building projects each community was obligated to perform by the Inca. | 0 | |
| 2018057670 | Indians | term derived by mistake by Columbus for the indigenous people of the New World. | 1 | |
| 2018057671 | Split Inheritance | Incan practice whereby all political power and power of the ruler went to his successor while wealth, land, and possessions remained in the hands of his male descendants. | 2 | |
| 2018057672 | Huitzilopochtli | the Aztec god of warfare and human sacrifice central to the Aztec militaristic belief. | 3 | |
| 2018057673 | Chinampas | beds of aquatic weeds, mud, and earth rooted to the lake floor and used for agriculture. | 4 | |
| 2018057674 | Tambos | Way stations serving as inns and military supply centers along the Incan roads. | 5 | |
| 2018057675 | Nezahualcoyotl | Poet king of Texcoco whose works questioned the existence of the gods. | 6 | |
| 2018057676 | Pachacuti | Incan ruler who brought the area from Cuzco to lake Titicaca under one control. | 7 | |
| 2018057677 | Quetzalcoatl | Feathered serpent god of the Toltec and later Aztecs. | 8 | |
| 2018057678 | Pochteca | Special merchant class that dealt in long distance trade for luxury items such as cacao. | 9 | |
| 2018057679 | Temple of the Sun | The center of the state religion of the Inca. | 10 | |
| 2018057680 | Calpulli | Kin group that controlled Aztec city wards and maintained its temples and civic buildings. | 11 | |
| 2018057681 | Tlaloc | The Aztec god of rain and fertility. | 12 | |
| 2018057682 | Caracas | Local rulers allowed to maintain their position for loyalty to the Inca. | 13 | |
| 2018057683 | Aztecs | Calling themselves the Mexica, this group dominated the valley of Mexico up until European invasion. | 14 | |
| 2018057684 | Toltec culture | Thought of as the givers of civilization by the Aztecs, they were highly militaristic and practiced human sacrifice. | 15 | |
| 2018057685 | Inca socialism | Organized system in which every community contributed to the whole and the state regulated the distribution of resources based on need. | 16 | |
| 2018057686 | Quipu | A system of knotted strings used to record numerical information. | 17 | |
| 2018057687 | Tenochititlan | Capital city of the Aztec nation. | 18 | |
| 2018057688 | Twantinsuyu | Highly centralized system that integrated various ethnic groups into an imperial Incan state. | 19 | |
| 2018057689 | Topiltzin | Toltec priest and leader dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl. | 20 | |
| 2018057690 | Huacas | Holy shrines. | 21 | |
| 2018057691 | Yanas | Removed from their ayllus and served as servants. | 22 |
