Who Dat?
The Mayas
The Aztecs
The Incas
This 'n That
100
This group settled in the Valley of Mexico.
Who were the Aztecs?
100
their main food crop
What is corn?
100
the name of their capital city
What is Tenochtitlan?
100
This was the location of their empire?
What is western South America?
100
This group formed the base of the Mayan social pyramid
What were the farmers and slaves?
200
This group settled on the Yucutan Peninsula.
Who were the Mayas?
200
their highest ranking social group
What are priests and nobles?
200
the name for their floating gardens
What is chinampas?
200
This is what they made to help them farm in rugged, hilly areas.
What are terraces?
200
the reason the Aztecs were feared and hated by those they conquered
What is they sacrificed enslaved people?
300
This group had floating gardens.
Who were the Aztecs?
300
their system of writing
What is hieroglyphics?
300
These linked Tenochtitlan to the mainland
What are causeways?
300
This is how they communicated speedily through their empire.
What are trained runners?
300
a type of opinion that tells how someone feels about something
What is a value judgment?
400
Their capital city was Tikal.
Who were the Mayans?
400
what we now call the region where they built their cities
What are Mexico and Central America?
400
something all children were required to attend
What is school?
400
This was their capital.
What is Cuzco?
400
Besides human sacrifice, the Aztecs demanded this from the Indian groups they conquered.
What is tribute in the forms of goods and people?
500
This group viewed themselves as the Children of the Sun.
Who were the Incas?
500
what their nobles were responsible for
What are governing and making decisions?
500
the reason why Tenochtitlan was such a good location
What is surrounded by lakes that provided food, water, and reeds?
500
the city of stone buildings built in the Andes Mountains
What is Machu Picchu?
500
this was the ancient Mayan city that contained many pyramids, located on the Yucutan peninsula
What is Tikal?
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