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| 101313739 | What is the geography of the Americas, and how did it shape the lives of the native people? | A rugged country along virtually the entire western coast, lots of mountains and plateaus which left the Americas isolated but didn't stop them from growing. | 0 | |
| 101313740 | What patterns of social and political organization did the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas display? | ... | 1 | |
| 101313741 | What were the significant cultural achievements of the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas? | ... | 2 | |
| 101313742 | Who were the North American mound builders, and what do the material remains of their culture tell us about them? | ... | 3 | |
| 101313743 | Mesoamerica | present-day Mexico and Central America. | 4 | |
| 101313744 | Amerindians | nomadic peoples who lived by hunting small animals, fishing, and gathering wild fruits. Immigrants who belonged to several ethnic groups. | 5 | |
| 101313745 | Teotihuacan | city with a population of over 200,000- larger than any European city at that time | 6 | |
| 101313746 | Nahuatl | Valley of Mexico Aztecs spoke this language, same as Toltecs, but only thing in common | 7 | |
| 101313747 | Huitzilopochtli | Aztec tribal patron god; central figure of cult of human sacrifice and warfare; identified with old sun god | 8 | |
| 101313748 | maceualtin | The vast majority of the Aztec population; these were the ordinary citizens or members of the working class. | 9 | |
| 101313749 | berdaches | among Plains Indians societies, men who elected to live life as women; they were recognized by their group as a third gender. | 10 | |
| 101313750 | Incas | Ancient civilization (1200-1500AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru | 11 | |
| 101313751 | mitima | The program of forced resetllement. Carried out by the Incans, the population would be scattered | 12 | |
| 101313752 | Quechua | Incan language | 13 | |
| 101313753 | Ayllu | Andean lineage group or kin-based community. | 14 | |
| 101313754 | 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. | 15 | |
| 101313755 | chinampas | Raised fields constructed along lake shores in Mesoamerica to increase agricultural yields. (p. 301) | 16 | |
| 101313756 | swidden agriculture | also called slash and burn agriculture. a form of cultivation in which forrested or brushy plots are cleared of vegetation burned then planted to crops only to be abandoned a few years later when soil fertility declines | 17 |
