Aztec
This city was the capital of the Aztec Empire and was built on an island in Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This mountain range ran through much of the Inca Empire in South America.
What are the Andes Mountains?
This ancient civilization lived in the Yucatán Peninsula and parts of present-day Guatemala.
Who are the Maya?
This modern-day country was home to both the Maya and Aztec civilizations.
What is Mexico?
This word describes a religion that believes in more than one god.
What is polytheistic?
This leader held the highest power in the Aztec government.
Who is the emperor?
This city was the capital of the Inca Empire.
What is Cuzco?
Rather than having one emperor, the Maya were divided into these independent cities with their own governments.
What are city-states?
This word describes geography with many different types of land, such as mountains, coasts, and tropical areas.
What is diverse?
This Inca tool used strings and knots to store or communicate information.
What is quipu?
These man-made growing areas helped the Aztec farm in swampy land.
What are chinampas?
This Inca ruler was known as the “sole ruler” and had the final say in government.
Who is the Sapa Inca?
The Maya used these picture-like symbols in their advanced writing system.
What are glyphs?
This historic cultural region stretched from parts of present-day Mexico into Central America.
What is Mesoamerica?
This natural black volcanic glass was used to make sharp tools and weapons.
What is obsidean?
These structures moved fresh water to Tenochtitlan, while dikes helped protect the city from floods.
What are aqueducts?
These helped messengers travel throughout the mountainous empire.
What are roads and bridges?
This farming method involved cutting down trees and burning what remained to clear fields for crops.
What is slash and burn farming?
The Inca used this farming technique to create flat, step-like fields on steep mountainsides.
What is terrace farming?
This word describes a society with cities, organized government, different jobs, and other advanced features.
What is civilization?
This Aztec weapon was a wooden club with sharp pieces of volcanic glass embedded in it.
What is the macuahuitl?
This Inca labor tax required people to work for the government instead of paying only with goods.
What is mit'a?
This earlier Mesoamerican civilization influenced Maya calendars, beliefs, sculpture, and ball games.
Who are the Olmec?
The Maya cleared forest land, the Aztec built chinampas, and the Inca carved terraces. All three are examples of this way civilizations responded to their geography.
What is adapting to and changing the environment?
This term names a folding, accordion-style book that the Maya used for writing.
What is a codex?