THE AMERICAS: VOCABULARY LIST
1. Quipu: group of knotted strings used by the Incas to record information
2.Great Plains: mostly flat and grassy region of western North America
3. Maize: corn
4. Hieroglyphics: the signs and symbols that made up the Mayan writing system
5. Kiva: round room used by the Pueblo people for religious ceremonies
6. Tenochtitlan: capital city of the Aztecs
7. Terraces: step-like ledges cut into mountains to make land suitable for farming
8. Cuzco: the capital city of the Incan Empire, located in present-day Peru
9. Anasazi: one of the ancient Native American peoples of the Southwest
10. Pueblo: Native American stone or adobe dwelling, part of a cluster of dwellings built close together
11. Maya: a people who established a great civilization in Middle America
12. Census: official count of people in a certain place at a certain time
13. Mound Builders: Native American groups who built earthen mounds
14. Slash and Burn: farming technique where trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land
15. Aztec: a people who lived in the Valley of Mexico
16. Andes: a mountain chain of western South America