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105070926Aylluscommunitiesobligated to aid each other in tasks that required more labor than one household can provide0
105070927Chinampasfloating gardens1
105070928Incacheif ruler; considered to be a deity descended from the sun, and his senior wife was seen as a link to the moon2
105070929Khipasrecord keeping system using colored cords3
105070930MayaEarliest heirs of Olmecs; centered society to east and south of Olmec settlements in what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador4
105070931Mit'asystem where each person owed compulsory labor services to the Inca state, men in charge of heavy labor..women with pottery, jewelry, and making textiles5
105070932Mochepeople that grew on the foundations of the Chavin; thrived from 100-700 CE; built extensive irrigations systems6
105070933Quechualanguage spread by trade roads7
105070934Quetzlcoatlgod forced to live in exhile in the east, "the land of the rising sun."8
105070935Slash and Burn (shifting) Agriculturecut down everything then burned it and moved to new lands9
105070936Stelaean ancient upright stone slab bearing markings10
105070937Teotihuacanlarge city; center of religous rituals and governmants administrations11
105070938Toltecsgroup that migrated from northwest Mexico; first to unify central Mexico again after people of Teotihuacan12
105070939Topiltzinmost famous ruler of Toltecs; priest associated with the god Quetzalcoatl13
105070940Tribute Systemon conquered peoples, who had to contribute maize, beans, and other foods to support Tenochtitlan14
105070941TenochtitlanAztec's main city-placed identified by eagke perched on cactus with a snake in its mouth15

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