Geography and Landforms
This narrow strip of land connects two larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water.
What is an isthmus?
This was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, built on an island in Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochtitlan?
Roughly this many people in the world today claim to be of Mayan descent.
What is 6 to 7 million?
This was the capital city of the Inca Empire.
What is Cuzco?
These are the two major lines of latitude that run through the continent of South America.
What are the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn?
The Aztecs settled on Lake Texcoco after seeing this animal perched on a cactus.
What is an eagle (holding a snake)?
Along with the Aztecs, the Mayans practiced this ritual to appease their gods.
What is human sacrifice?
This device made of knotted strings was used by the Inca for record-keeping.
What is a quipu?
Starting in the Andes and ending in the Atlantic, this river carries more water than any other in the world.
What is the Amazon River
These are two major reasons why Hernán Cortés was able to defeat the Aztecs in just two years.
What are superior weapons, diseases (like smallpox), or alliances with local enemies?
The farming technique practiced by the Mayans protects this earth for future generations
What is sustainable farming?
Archaeologists believe this famous site was used as a royal estate or religious retreat.
What is Machu Picchu?
These two mountain ranges are found in Mexico; one is located in the West and the other in the East.
What are the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre
The Aztecs provided the sun with "sacred water" (blood) by doing this act
What is human sacrifice?
This is the specific term for the recurring periods of heavy rainfall and decreased rain in the Amazon
What are the wet and dry seasons?
The Inca were unique in using the quipu because they lacked this other common form of communication.
What is a written language?
This mountain range sits on the East side of Mexico
What is the Sierra Madre Oriental?