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civilization www.myanmars.net the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced

hypothesis conversionxl.com something not yet proved but assumed to be true for purposes of further study or investigation

artifact usually a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work and representing a culture or a stage in the development of a culture

moving from one country, place, or locality to another migration usopenborders.com moving from one country, place, or locality to another

land bridge A wider land connection between otherwise separate areas, over which animals, plants, and human beings are able to cross

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culture www.wfu.edu the characteristic features of everyday life shared by people in a particular place or time

Paleo-Indians georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu name given to the first peoples who entered, and subsequently lived, in the American continents during the final glacial periods

quipu en.wikipedia.org the-inca-block-d.wikispaces.com an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of colored threads knotted in different ways

environment www.arnotts.co.nz whole complex of factors such as soil, climate, and living things that influence the form and the ability to survive of a plant, animal, or human being

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city-state sillysoft.net an area that has its own government and consists of a city and the area around it

Caribbean en.wikipedia.org a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands and the surrounding coasts

a region that includes Canada and the United States North America www.learninggamesforkids.com a region that includes Canada and the United States

South America www.projectvisa.com a continent and region of the Western Hemisphere southeast of North America and has much of it south of the Equator

Mesoamerica simple.wikipedia.org the geographic region extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica.

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B.C.E. Before Common Era

C.E. Common Era

Century 100 years

Organized Religion An Organized Religion has official beliefs, a leadership structure, and a code of rules and practices

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chinampas anthropogen.com small, stationary, artificial islands built on a freshwater lake to grow crops

codex www.tafoya.ws the first kind of book made up of a number of sheets of paper or papyrus, hand-written, usually stacked and bound by fixing one edge and with covers thicker than the sheets

glyphs en.wikipedia.org symbolic figures or a characters (as in the Mayan system of writing) usually cut in or carved in relief

a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters hieroglyphics www.ancientscripts.com a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters

the images or symbols related to something (in this case lunch) iconography maradawn.com the images or symbols related to something (in this case lunch)

bringing in water to the land to help plants grow irrigation nrcca.cals.cornell.edu bringing in water to the land to help plants grow

terracing www.inspirationgreen.com make or form sloping land into a number of level areas resembling a series of steps to create a flat area to farm