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122314146Aliæi nuiHawaiian class of high chiefs.0
122314147Aztec empireCentral American empire constructed by the Mexica and expanded greatly during the fifteenth century during the reigns of Itzcoatl and Motecuzoma I.1
122314148CahokiaLarge structure in modern Illinois that was constructed by the mound-building peoples; it was the third largest structure in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans.2
122314149ChimuPre-Incan South American society that fell to Incas in the fifteenth century.3
122314150ChinampasStyle of agriculture used by Mexica (Aztecs) in which fertile muck from lake bottoms was dredged and built up into small plots.4
122314151ChucuitoPre-Incan South American society that rose in the twelfth century and fell to the Incas in the fifteenth century.5
122314152HuitzilopochtliSun god and patron deity of the Aztecs.6
122314153Inca empirePowerful South American empire that would reach its peak in the fifteenth century during the reigns of Pachacuti Inca and Topa Inca.7
122314154IroquoisEastern American Indian confederation made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes.8
122314155MaraePolynesian temple structure.9
122314156MétisCanadian term for individuals of mixed European and indigenous ancestry.10
122314157OceaniaTerm referring to the Pacific Ocean basin and its lands.11
122314158QuetzalcoatlAztec god, the "feathered serpent," who was borrowed originally from the Toltecs; Quetzalcoatl was believed to have been defeated by another god and exiled, and he promised to return.12
122314159QuipuIncan mnemonic aid comprised of different colored strings and knots that served to record events in the absence of a written text.13
122314160TenochtitlanCapital of the Aztec empire, later Mexico City.14
122314161ToltecsCentral American society (950-1150) that was centered around the city of Tula.15
122314162YucatanPeninsula in Central America, home of the Maya.16

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