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48952916Tolteccame from northwestern mexico and settled in northern Mexico city population of 60 thousand people0
48952917Mexicaoften refer to themselves as the Aztecs because they dominated the alliance that built the Aztec empire in the 15 century1
48952918HuitzilopochtliGod followed by the Mexica's and military success made them think Huitzilopochtli favored Mexica more2
48952919Questzalcoatlthe feathered serpent, representation for supporting arts, craft, and agriculture3
48952920Puebloused water to irrigate crops like maize and many more and bulit permanent stone building found by archaeologists today4
48952921Iroqoiswomen were incharge of villages and related families lived togeter and men took responsibility for affairs beyond the village like hunting, fishing, and war5
48952922Incaa member of the small group of Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in Peru who established hegemony over their neighbors to create the great Inca empire that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest in the early 1530s6
48952923TenochtitlanCapital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins. (p. 305)7
48952924ChinampasRaised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. (p. 301)8
48952925Quipuknotted strings used to record population, animals, textiles, weapons, and rulers, and notable events in religion.9
48952926Cahokia Moundbig mound at Cahokia near East St. Louis, Illinois, built by Iroquois people for ceremonies or ritual performance10
48952927Maraeceremonal precint and temple structure11
48952928Nan Madolsite of a massive stone palace built by the Sandeleur dynasty on Pohnpei (Oceania)12
48952929Ali'i nuihereditary chiefly or noble rank (class, caste) in traditional Hawaiian society. The aliʻi class consisted of the high and lesser chiefs of the various realms in the islands13

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