Unit 3 Vocab

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Pre-Columbian

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the era before Christopher Columbus

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Mesoamerican civilization known for its hieroglyphic script, art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomy.

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Mayan

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The society of the Inca civilization in South America, centered in present-day Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and southern Colombia, lasted from 1438 to 1533 AD. Known as the Kingdom of Cusco before 1438.

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Inca

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Mesoamerican culture in central Mexico (1300-1521): _________

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Aztec

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Civilizations with shared cultural traits in modern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.

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Mesoamerica

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Earliest major civilization in Mexico:

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Olmec

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Northeast of modern Mexico City, site of significant Mesoamerican pyramids.

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Teotihuacan

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Extinct civilization named for Chavin de Huantar, developed in northern Peru from 900 BCE to 200 BCE, influencing coastal civilizations.

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Chavin

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Indigenous pre-Columbian civilization in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mesoamerica, with a culture dating back 2,500 years: ____________

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Zapotec

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Ancient Capital of the Aztec Empire

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Tenochtitlan