social studies chapter 9 test
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- quetzalcoatl
- the feathered serpant. the aztec sun god.
- moche
- developed in the dry coastal desert of what is now peru.
- quipu
- a rope with knotted cords and different lengths and colors
- peten
- means flat region
- quechua
- the language spoken by the inca
- montezuma II
- the aztec emperor when corts arrived
- cuzco
- the capital of inca
- olmec
- mesoamericas first civilization
- calakmul
- a city-state
- llama
- served as a pack animal carrying goods for long distance trade.
- teotihuacan
- a mayan city that grew and then declined
- pachacuti
- meaning earth shaker
- tabascans
- the tabascans defeated the aztecs. they were mesoamerican.