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| 5964406192 | Incas | A Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire. | 0 | |
| 5964408735 | Mayans | 1500 B.C. to 900 A.D. This is the most advanced civilization of the time in the Western Hempishere. Famous for its awe-inspiring temples, pyramids and cities. A complex social and political order. | 1 | |
| 5964408737 | Aztecs | Also known as Mexica, they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax. | 2 | |
| 5964410963 | Chavin | the first major South American civilization, which flourished in the highlands of what is now Peru from about 900 to 200 B.C. | 3 | |
| 5964413935 | Teotihuacan | first major metropolis in Mesoamerica, collapsed around 800 CE. It is most remembered for the gigantic "pyramid of the sun". | 4 | |
| 5964415897 | architecture | step pyramids, terracing, temples, shrines, pottery | 5 | |
| 5964418928 | animism | Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. | 6 | |
| 5964430715 | Moche | civilization of north coast of Peru (200-700 C.E.). An important Andean civilization that built extensive irrigation networks as well as impressive urban centers dominated by brick temples. | 7 | |
| 5964430716 | Chimu | Powerful Peruvian civilization based on conquest. Located in the region earlier dominated by Moche. Conquered by Inca in 1465. (p. 314) | 8 | |
| 5964436478 | Andes | a mountain chain of western South America | 9 | |
| 5964440663 | Cahokia | an ancient settlement of southern Indians, located near present day St. Louis, it served as a trading center for 40,000 at its peak in A.D. 1200. | 10 | |
| 5964446733 | achievements | astronomy, calendar | 11 | |
| 5964452018 | rituals | bloodletting, human sacrifice, agricultural sacrifice | 12 | |
| 5964458661 | domestication | alpacas, llamas, squash/gourds, maize, beans, peppers, potatoes, | 13 |
