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(1450-1572 CE), Largest Empire ever built in South America; territory extended 2,500 miles from north to south and embraced almost all of modern Peru connected by roads
Aztecs
Inca
Olmec
Maya
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Aztec capital city (now the site of Mexico City)
Teotihuacan
Tenochitlan
Machu Pichu
Cuzco
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Aztec floating gardens that provided food for Tenochtitlan
chinampas
terrace farming
domestication
greenhouses
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cutting of "steps" into the mountains that allowed for more agriculture for the mountainous Incan Empire
chinampas
terrace farming
domestication
greenhouses
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independent state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to its ruler
tributary state
ayllu
quipu
chinampas
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The capital city of the Inca Empire, Located in present-day Peru
Teotihuacan
Tenochitlan
Machu Pichu
Cuzco
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An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.
tributary state
ayllu
quipu
chinampas
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In Incan society, a small community or family group whose members worked together for the common good of the peoples.
tributary state
ayllu
quipu
chinampas
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Abandoned city high in the Andes mountains that showcases the architectural genius of the Inca
Machu Picchu
Tenochitlan
Cuzco
Teotihuacan
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created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.
Aztecs
Inca
Olmec
Maya