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261602400sacred spirits and powers that resided or appeared in caves, mountain, rocks, river, and other natural phenomenahuacas0
261602401toltec deity adopted by aztecs as a major god (feathered serpent)quetzalcoatl1
261602402leading aztec king of the 15th centurynezhualcoyotl2
261602403succeeded teotihuacan culture in central mexicotoltec culture3
261602404special merchant class in aztec society that specialized in long-distance trade in luxury itemspochteca4
261602405system of knotted strings utilized by the incas in place of a writing systemquipu5
261602406clans in aztec society that later expanded to include residential groups that distributed land and provided labor and warriorscalpulli6
261602407major god of aztecs associated with fertility and the agricultural cycletlaloc7
261602408a view created by spanish authors to describe inca society as a type of utopiainca socialism8
261602409inca religious center located at cuzco, center of state religion, held mummies of past incastemple of the sun9
261602410misnomer created by columbus referring to indigenous peoples of new worldindian10
261602411way stations used by incas as inns and storehousestambos11
261602412a class of people within inca society removed from their ayllus to serve permanently as servants, artisans, or workers for the inca or the inca nobilityyanas12
261602413labor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religionmita13
261602414ruler of inca society that launched a series of military campaigns that gave incas control from cuzco to lake titicacapachacuti14
261602415beds of aquatic weeds, mud, and earth placed in frames made of cane and rooted in lakes to create floating islandschinampas15
261602416city that became the center of aztec powertenochtitlan16
261602417ayllu chiefs with privileges of dress and access to resourcescuracas17
261602418inca practice of descent (all titles and political power went to successor, but wealth and land remained in hands of male descendants for support of cult of dead incas mummy)split inheritance18
261602419word for inca empiretwantinsuyu19
261602420religious leader and reformer of the toltecstopiltzin20
261602421aztec tribal patron godhuitzilopchtli21

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