The terms from the Mesoamerica chapter.
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| 999228024 | Cuzco | capital of Inca Empire | 0 | |
| 999228025 | Stela | a tall, flat stone, often carved with writing, used to mark an important historical event | 1 | |
| 999228026 | Mesoamerica | region of North America, including Mexico and Central America, in which civilizations with common cutural features developed before Europeans entered the continent | 2 | |
| 999228027 | Maize | corn | 3 | |
| 999228028 | hieroglyphic | writing that uses pictures as symbols | 4 | |
| 999228029 | Valley of Mexico | valley in Mexico in which the numerous Mesoamerican civilizations, including the Aztecs, arose | 5 | |
| 999228030 | Tenochtitlán | capital city of the Aztec empire, on which modern-day Mexico City was built | 6 | |
| 999228031 | Chinampas | in the Aztec empire, artificial islands used to cultivate crops and made of mud piled atop reed mats that were anchored to the lakebed with willow trees | 7 | |
| 999228032 | Tribute | payment that conquered peoples may be forced to pay their conquerors | 8 | |
| 999228033 | Teotihuacán | city that dominated the Valley of Mexico from about 200 A.D. to 750 A.D. and that influencedthe culture of later Mesoamerican peoples | 9 | |
| 999228034 | social pyramid | a social structure in the shape of a pyramid with layers representing social classes of different rand or status. Example: Ruler, Nobles and Priests, Merchants and Artisans, Peasants, Slaves | 10 | |
| 999228035 | ritual | a set of actions that is always performed in the same way as part of a religious ceremony - fasts, feasts, and sacrifices. | 11 | |
| 999228036 | Adobe | a mixture of clay and plant fibers that becomes hard as it dries in the sun and that can be used for building | 12 | |
| 999228037 | pok-a-tok | a Mayan ball game that had religious significance | 13 | |
| 999228038 | sacrifice | a gift of an animal for slaughter as a way to honor gods | 14 | |
| 999228039 | coming-of-age ceremony | a ceremony that celebrates the end of childhood and the acceptance into the adult community | 15 | |
| 999228040 | slash-and-burn agriculture | a farming technique in which vegetation is cut away and burned to clear land for growing crops | 16 | |
| 999228041 | Sapa Inca | emperor | 17 | |
| 999228042 | Quipu | a collection of colored strings that were knotted in different ways to represent various numbers | 18 | |
| 999228043 | Ayllu | in the Inca empire, a close-knitted village, clan or family | 19 | |
| 999228044 | Inti | the sun god | 20 | |
| 999228045 | Nahuatl | the language of all Aztec tribes | 21 | |
| 999228046 | Quechua | the language of the Inca empire | 22 | |
| 999228047 | Maya | a widespread civilization that was greatly influenced by the Olmecs | 23 | |
| 999228048 | Aztec | nomadic people who migrated from the north and settled in the Valley of Mexico; had separate tribes that, together, became the Aztecs; shared the same language | 24 | |
| 999228049 | mercenary | a soldier who is paid to fight for another country or group | 25 | |
| 999228050 | alliance | a group of countries, city-states, or other entities who agree to work together, often to fight common enemies | 26 | |
| 999228051 | aviary | an enclosed space or cage for keeping birds | 27 | |
| 999228052 | causeway | a raised road built across water or low ground | 28 | |
| 999228053 | dike | a wall or dam built to hold back water and prevent flooding | 29 | |
| 999228054 | plaza | a public square or other open area in a city where people can gather | 30 | |
| 999228055 | semidivine | more than human but not fully a god | 31 | |
| 999228056 | hereditary | passed on from parent to child; inherited | 32 | |
| 999228057 | ward | neighborhood that is a political unit within the city | 33 | |
| 999228058 | dowry | a gift of money or goods presented to a man or woman upon marriage | 34 | |
| 999228059 | litter | a seat or chair on which a person is carried; a kind of carriage for high-ranking people | 35 | |
| 999228060 | communal | shared by a community or group | 36 | |
| 999228061 | divination | the art of telling the future or finding hidden knowledge through religious means | 37 | |
| 999228062 | oracle | a person through whom a god or spirit is believed to speak | 38 |
