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  • This group is known for having invented the number 0.
    Maya
  • southern most city in South America located in Argentina
    Ushuaia
  • What is a cenote?
    a water hole where the Maya practices human sacrifice and used it for drinking water
  • driest desert in the world
    Atacama
  • Viracocha was their main god and Inti was their sun god was Inti
    Inca
  • the interpreter for Hernan Cortes
    La Malinche (La Llorona)
  • Hernan Cortes and La Malinche are known to have had the first mixed blood baby. What is the name of mixed blood between Europe and Indigenous
    mestizo
  • large mountain range in South America
    Andes
  • the sacred book of the Maya
    Popul Vuh
  • language of the Inca
    quechua
  • this group found their capital by finding an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its mouth
    Aztec
  • capital of the Aztec
    Tenochtitlan
  • Moctezuma thought that Hernan Cortes was a white god named_____________
    Quetzatcoatl
  • the conquistador from Spain who found the Incan empire in a state of political chaos
    Francisco Pizarro
  • language of the Aztec
    Nauhuatl
  • 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
  • this group is known for their beauty practices such as flattening the forehead, putting gems in their teeth, and putty in the nose
    Maya
  • Name the four major rivers in South America
    Magdalena, Amazon, Orinoco, La Plata
  • an elaborate system to record life events using knots (Inca)
    Quipu
  • the emperor of the Aztec when Hernan Cortes arrived
    Moctezuma
  • known for their intricate stone work
    Inca
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