History Lesson 8

Structures built below ground level

• Obelisk

• Sunken Plazas

• Adobe

• To embalm

Inclination of a hill or a height

• Obelisk

• Sunken Plazas

• Mountain side

• To embalm

The watering of soil

• Obelisk

• Sunken Plazas

• Mountain side

• Irrigation

Mortar made of lime, sand, and water, which is used in memory work

• Obelisk

• Sunken Plazas

• Mountain side

• Lime Mortar

A very high pillar with four convergent sides of equal size and a pyramidal tip at the end which serves as as decoration in public places

• Obelisk

• Sunken Plazas

• Adobe

• To embalm

A mass of mud mixed with straw, molded into a brick shape and dried in the open air, which is used in the construction of walls or barriers

• Obelisk

• Sunken Plazas

• Adobe

• To embalm

To fill the cavities of the dead bodies with substances to preserve them from putrefaction

• Obelisk

• Sunken Plazas

• Adobe

• To embalm

Name given to the list of inhabitants and wealth of a territory. Its origins date back to ancient Rome where it was done on a regular basis to determine the number of people and estates

• Census

• Sunken Plazas

• Adobe

• To embalm

The act of including, moving or compelling with the intention of getting someone to believe or do something

• Census

• Persuasion

• Adobe

• To embalm

Unit of ten men,with one leader

• Chunga

• Pachaca

• Guaranga

• Señorio