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Latin American History and Culture Ch. 1

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    Aztec, Maya, Inca, geography
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  • This group is known for having invented the number 0.
    Maya
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  • driest desert in the world
    Atacama
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  • southern most city in South America located in Argentina
    Ushuaia
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  • Name the four major rivers in South America
    Magdalena, Amazon, Orinoco, La Plata
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  • large mountain range in South America
    Andes
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  • this group found their capital by finding an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth
    Aztec
  •  5
  • the emperor of the Aztec when Hernan Cortes arrived
    Moctezuma
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  • capital of the Aztec
    Tenochtitlan
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  • Moctezuma thought that Hernan Cortes was a white god named_____________
    Quetzatcoatl
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  • the interpreter for Hernan Cortes
    La Malinche (La Llorona)
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  • language of the Aztec
    Nauhuatl
  •  5
  • the sacred book of the Maya
    Popul Vuh
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  • an elaborate system to record life events using knots (Inca)
    Quipu
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  • Viracocha was their main god and Inti was their sun god was Inti
    Inca
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  • How did the Incas determine their capital?
    by letting a rod/stick fall on the ground and if it sank then that was their sign for fertile land
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  • language of the Inca
    quechua
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