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200
According to their religion, THIS empire believed that kings and priests could communicate with the gods through religious rituals.
Who are the MAYA?
200
Because the water of Lake Texcoco had no outlet, over the years it became very salty. In order to get fresh water to their capitol, the Aztecs built THIS, a wall to hold back water.
What is a DIKE?
200
Incan society was organized into THESE, groups of related families that pooled resources to meet peoples needs.
What are AYLLUS?
200
The people who formed the Iroquois League lived in THIS North American cultural region.
What is the NORTHEAST or NORTHEAST WOODLANDS?
200
To carry fresh water, the Aztecs built a THIS -- a canal or pipe -- across Lake Texcoco from the hills surrounding the lake.
What is an AQUEDUCT?
400
The Maya built THESE to watch the stars, leading to the development of complex calendars.
What are OBSERVATORIES?
400
While the Maya settled in the warm tropical lowlands, THIS civilization settled mainly in the cooler, tropical lowlands.
Who are the AZTECS?
400
The Aztecs could add to their farmland by building a THIS, or an artificial island, helping them to feed a growing population.
What is a CHINAMPA?
400
Natives of THIS North American region celebrated important events with a potlatch -- a ceremony in which a wealthy family held a feast and gave gifts to guests.
What is the NORTHWEST?
400
The earliest Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Olmecs and Zapotecs - first settled once they learned how to farm the dense tropical forest, using THIS method.
What is SLASH AND BURN?
600
Cities of THIS empire had hundreds of buildings, including stone pyramids, temples and palaces, with raised roads connecting plazas.
What is the MAYA?
600
At its peak, the Aztec empire controlled an area central THIS, all the way to THIS.
What is CENTRAL MEXICO to GUATEMALA.
600
Because there was no currency, the Incan people paid their taxes with labor, known as THIS kind of system.
What is the MITA SYSTEM?
600
Natives of THIS region may have lived in either a wigwam, a home formed by bending trunks into a round frame, or a similar, rectangular longhouse.
What is the EASTERN WOODLANDS?
600
When a king of THIS government died, his successor was chosen by a Supreme Council of nobles.
Who are the AZTECS?
800
Much like a fellow pyramid-building civilization on the other side of the globe, the Maya developed THIS type of written language.
What are HIEROGLYPHICS?
800
Because they were the first to settle in THIS valley basin, the Aztecs were able to take control quite easily.
What is the VALLEY OF MEXICO?
800
The Incas kept records of goods traded using this device of knotted strings, called a THIS.
What is a QUIPU?
800
Archaeologists learned a lot about the complex culture of THIS group from the discovery of large earthen mounds, build for religious purposes.
Who are the MISSISSIPPIANS?
800
In Incan society, each class had its own THIS - a system for ranking members of a group according to their importance.
What is a HIERARCHY?
1000
The Aztecs had THIS type of government, in which one person from a ruling family has unlimited powers.
What is an ABSOLUTE MONARCHY?
1000
The Aztec king of Tenochtitlan was part of THIS, that included the kings of Tlacopan and Texcoco.
What is a TRIPLE ALLIANCE?
1000
THIS civilizations' greatest engineering feat was their complex system of roads and bridges, stretching more than 15,000 miles across the empire.
Who are the INCAS?
1000
In North America, migrant groups lived in a kind of portable, cone-shaped home, called a THIS.
What is a TEPEE?
1000
Some Arctic people lived in THESE domed houses, made from blocks of snow.
What are IGLOOS?