Maya
Aztec
Inca
Vocabulary
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100

The Maya farming technique to clear land and replenish nutrients in the soil. 

What is slash and burn.

100

This is the location of the Aztec capitol of Tenochtitlan.

What is a saltwater lake?

100

The belly-button of the Inca empire.

What is Cuzco?

100

Indigenous

What is existing naturally in an area?

100

The number of people in a place.

population

200

The game that the Maya people played with a ball.

What is Pok - a - Tok?

200

The definition of Chinampas. 

What are gardens built on the lake?

200

The technique the Inca used to preserve potatoes. 

What is freeze drying?

200

Litter

What is  a covered bed with long poles at the bottom for carrying someone important?

200

The region a civilization takes up, ruled by a person

empire

300

The reason why Maya, Aztec, and Inca are referred to as "pre-Columbian."

What is they developed before Columbus's first voyage to the Americas?

300

The only way for commoners to become nobels.

What is capturing 4 prisoners in battle?

300

The distance messengers could run in one day. 

What is 100 miles?

300

Ambassador

What is a person sent to represent his or her government in another land?

300

A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.

Peninsula

400

This symbol represented 5 in Maya writing. 

What is a bar?

400

This Spaniard pretended to befriend Moctezuma II, but was actually planning a conquest.

Who is Cortes?

400

This Spaniard took advantage of royal brothers fighting to conquer the Inca. 

Who is Pizarro?

400

Cenote

What is a natural well?

400

A climate that is characterized by heat and humidity and rain.

tropical

500

The geographical homeland of the Maya civilization. 

What is the Yucatan Peninsula?

500

The geographical location of the Aztec civilization.

What is the Mexico Valley.

500

The geographical location of the Inca civilization. 

What is the Andes Mountains?

500

textile

What is a woven or knit fabric?

500

A type of structure with a square base where the sides meet at a point.

pyramid

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