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| 42121726 | Indian | created by Columbus referring to indigenous peoples of the New World; implies commonality that didn't exist; still used for Native Americans | 0 | |
| 42121727 | Toltecs | nomadic peoples from beyond northern frontier of sedentary agricultural area in mesoamerica; strong militaristic ethic incorporated human sacrifice | 1 | |
| 42121728 | Aztecs | nomadic tribe that used political anarchy to penetrate sedentary agricultural zone in Mesoamerica; est. empire after 1325 around shores of Lake Texoco | 2 | |
| 42121729 | Tenochtitlan | est. 1325 on Lake Texoco; center of Aztec power; joined with Tlacopan and Texoco in 1434 to control most of Central plateau of Mesoamerica | 3 | |
| 42121730 | Tlacaelel | Aztec advisor 1427-1480; had histories rewritten; expanded human sacrifice as political terror | 4 | |
| 42121731 | Pipiltin | members of highest Aztec social rank | 5 | |
| 42121732 | Huitzilopochtli | Aztec tribal patron god; Central figure of human sacrifice and warfare; identified with old sun god | 6 | |
| 42121733 | calpulli | 7 clans of Aztec society; later greater than 60 clans; residential groupings | 7 | |
| 42121734 | Chinampas | systen of irrigated agriculture used by Aztecs | 8 | |
| 42121735 | Pochteca | special merchant class in Aztec society; long-distance luxury items | 9 | |
| 42121736 | Inca Socialism | An interpretation describing Inca society as a type of utopia; image of the Inca Empire as a carefully organized system in which every community collectively contributed to the whole. | 10 | |
| 42121737 | Twantinsuyu | Word for Inca Empire; region from present-day Columbia to Chile and eastward to northern Argentina | 11 | |
| 42121738 | Inca | group of clans centered at Cuzco able to create empire in Andean civilization | 12 | |
| 42121739 | Pachacuti | Ruler of Inca society from 1438 to 1471; launched a series of military campaigns that gave Incas control of the region from Cuzco to the shores of Lake Titicaca | 13 | |
| 42121740 | Tupac Yupanqui | ruled 1471-1493; extended northward; rebuilt Quito | 14 | |
| 42121741 | Huayna Capac | Inca ruler of Peru 1493-1527; son of Tupac Yupanqui | 15 | |
| 42121742 | split inheritance | Inca practice of descent; titles and power went to sucessor; money and land went to male descendants to care for mummy | 16 | |
| 42121743 | temple of the sun | Inca religious center located at Cuzco; center of state religion; held mummies of past Incas | 17 | |
| 42121744 | curacas | Ayllu chiefs with priveleges of dress and access to resources; community leaders among Andean soldiers | 18 | |
| 42121745 | Mitmaq | Inca colonists in new regions; could be Quecha-speakers; used to pacify new conquest or conquered population moved to new home | 19 | |
| 42121746 | Tambos | Way stations used by Incas as inns and storehouses; supply centers for Inca armies on move; relay points for system of runners used to carry messages | 20 | |
| 42121747 | Mita | Labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion; all communities were expected to contribute; an essential aspect of Inca imperial control. | 21 | |
| 42121748 | Quipu | knotted cords of various lengths and colors used by the inca to keep financial records | 22 |
