Ch 16 flashcard

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What were chinampas?

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farmlands built in the swamps where the Aztec settled

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Chocolate originates from which pre-Columbian civilization? Pueblo, Maya, Incas, Olmecs

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Maya

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What does the word polytheistic mean?

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Believing in more than one god

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What is a potlach?

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A potlach is a traditional gift-giving feast.

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A glyph is

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a symbol or character used in writing or printing

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Tribes in the Northeastern region of the United States formed an alliance called the

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Iroquois League

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The Mississippian civilization

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a pre-Columbian Native American civilization that existed in the Mississippi River Valley and southeastern United States.