Indigenous People: born in a country, native

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Indigenous Peopleborn in a country, native
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Aztec Empire Mexico
Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre Occidental
Yucatan Peninsula
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Aztecs 1400-1500s

• Tenochtitlan-urban center
• Tributaries help expansion
• Pay tribute to nobles
• Roads (no wheels)
• Solar Calendar
• Writing

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Aztecs

• Arid in north
• Highlands in mountains
• Tropical in urban centers

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Incan Empire

• Andes Mountains
• Ecuador, Peru,
• Chile, Bolivia

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Inca 1200-1535

• Architecture
• Classes
• Terraces for
• Commercial Farming
• Roads
• Bronze for Warriors
• Medicine

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Mayan Empire

• Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

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Maya 1800BC-900AD

• Written language
• Cultural Diffusion
• because no urban
• planning
• Stepped Pyramids
• Astronomy Tropical
• Zero
• Subsistence Farming
• because rural
• Still exist

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Additional Physical Features

• Orinoco River, Venezuela (one of longest)
• Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela (largest S.Am)
• Patagonian Plateau, Argentina (steppe)
• Angel Falls, Venezuela (tourism)
• Parana River, Argentina (2nd in length)
• Pampas, Argentina (plains)
• Baja California, Mexico (most N. state)