People & Gods
He was the emperor at the height of the Aztec empire
Moctezuma II
Capital of the Aztec empire
Tenochtitlan
A farming technique used in mesoamerica where crops are planted on steps in the side of a mountain
Terrace farming
He was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortez
A fortress in the Andes mountains built for the Incan emperor Pachacuti
Machu Picchu
A round and very important Mayan invention
The wheel
He was the emperor at the height of the Inca empire
Pachacuti
Freshwater sinkholes that were sacred to the Mayans
Cenotes
Floating gardens invented by the Aztecs
Chinampas
God of the Aztecs
Quetzalcoatl
Located in southern Mexico, this is where the Mayans lived
Yucatan Peninsula
The Aztec language
Nahuatl
The Mayans worshipped this animal as a God
Panther
The capital of the Aztec empire
Tenochitlan
The language of the Inca
Quechua