Vocab
What is the Incan labor system that required citizens to work for a period of time each year on projects like roads, bridges, building temples, etc.
Mita system
What is social hierarchy.
A system that puts people into groups based on power, wealth, and importance.
What are the 3 g's
God, gold, and glory
Where was the Mayan Civilization.
It stretched from Mexico to Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras. This was in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Where was the Inca empire.
Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile.
The regions are Chinchaysuyu, Antisuyu, Cuntisuyu, and Collasuyu.
Define divine rule.
A leader chosen by the gods or that is related to the gods.
What is the process of cutting down and burning trees or vegetation to clear land for farming.
Slash-and-burn.
Who was Sapa Inca
"The great inca" emperor of the Inca Empire.
What were some of the geographic features of the Mayan Civilization in the north, south, and highlands.
The north was hot with large sinkholes and there are few permanent rivers.
The South has rain forests with tons of rain
The highlands had coastal plains, volcanic mountains, and is a cool temperature.
What were some geographic features of the Inca.
rain forests, valleys, canyons, plateaus, coastal valleys, and deserts.
What is agriculture.
Farming.
What is indigenous.
When people are native to and area or land.
Who was Alahualpa. And who was Pachacuti.
Alahualpa was the last emperor of the Inca, he fought his brother for power, and won. Pachacuti was a well known Inca emperor that was known for expanding the Inca territory.
What was the agricultural adaptation of the Aztec. What was the leadership and power like in the Aztec.
The Aztec had to build chinampas on water to make more room for farming
There was a social hierarchy with Huey Tlatoani on top and the slaves on the bottom.
How did the Inca gain, consolidate, and maintain power.
Through military advancements, agricultural systems, and an organized administration.
What is vertical farming.
A type of farming that let the Inca cut grow different crops at different altitudes by cutting flat "steps" into the side of mountains.
What are floating gardens, agriculture technique made by the Aztec to grow crops.
Chinampas.
Who was Hernan Cortes and what civilization did he conquer.
A Spanish conquistador that conquered the Aztec.
What were the significance of the Aztec advancements.
The chinampas helped get more space to farm and grow crops on. The tributary system helped them stay in control of their people and stay organized. It also helped to have a level of independence when the people payed taxes, or did there services.
What were the 5 advancements of the Inca. What was the significance of these advancements in the Inca.
The roads and bridges helped transport goods, people, and ideas. The quipu helped them communicate because they had no written language. Vertical farming helped with agriculture, Sapa Inca helped them to stay organized and in control, and the Mita system helped them stayed organized and keep power.
What is the capitol of the Inca Empire
Cuzco
What is quipu.
Quipu is a device that was used to record and communicate information using knots tied in string.
The Spanish conquistador that conquered the Inca was.
Francisco Pizarro.
What caused the Fall of the Mayan. What caused the fall of the Aztec. Who are key figures.
The Maya fell because of many reasons, warfare, drought, famine, and a faulty belief system.
The Aztec fell because they didn't know about the Spanish's advancements in technology. The key figures were Hernan Cortés, a Spanish conquistador, and Moctezuma the second, the Aztec emperor.
How did the Inca Empire fall, And who are the key figures.
The explorers transmitted diseases that killed the king, there was a civil war that injured the Inca, then the Incan people were brought to a meeting and they were masacered.
The key figures were Alahualpa and Francisco Pizaro.