Maya
The Maya farming technique to clear land and replenish nutrients in the soil.
What is slash and burn.
This is the location of the Aztec capitol of Tenochtitlan.
What is a saltwater lake?
The belly-button of the Inca empire.
What is Cuzco?
Indigenous
What is existing naturally in an area?
The number of people in a place.
population
The game that the Maya people played with a ball.
What is Pok - a - Tok?
The definition of Chinampas.
What are gardens built on the lake?
The technique the Inca used to preserve potatoes.
What is freeze drying?
Litter
What is a covered bed with long poles at the bottom for carrying someone important?
The region a civilization takes up, ruled by a person
empire
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?
The only way for commoners to become nobels.
What is capturing 4 prisoners in battle?
The distance messengers could run in one day.
What is 100 miles?
Ambassador
What is a person sent to represent his or her government in another land?
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
Peninsula
This symbol represented 5 in Maya writing.
What is a bar?
This Spaniard pretended to befriend Moctezuma II, but was actually planning a conquest.
Who is Cortes?
This Spaniard took advantage of royal brothers fighting to conquer the Inca.
Who is Pizarro?
Cenote
What is a natural well?
A climate that is characterized by heat and humidity and rain.
tropical
The geographical homeland of the Maya civilization.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
The geographical location of the Aztec civilization.
What is the Mexico Valley.
The geographical location of the Inca civilization.
What is the Andes Mountains?
textile
What is a woven or knit fabric?
A type of structure with a square base where the sides meet at a point.
pyramid