Aztec
Capital City of Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
Why did the Aztecs fight so much?
They believed that bravery in battle would please the gods.
What present-day area did the Maya live in?
Guatemala and Southern Mexico
Singles Largest Empire in the Americas
Incan Empire
Monotheistic
worship one single God
What was special about the capital city of Tenochtitlan
Built on a lake
The Aztecs showed their knowledge of astronomy and mathematics by
developing a extremely accurate agricultural calendar
Biggest Mayan City
Tikal
First reason the Incan Empire was so powerful
Powerful military
Polytheistic
worship multiple gods
Aztec food influenced which present-day food
Mexican food
How many days did the Aztec agricultural calendar have?
365 days
Second biggest Mayan City
Chichen Itza
Second reason the Incan Empire was so powerful
excellent road system
Glyphs
symbols using for writing
What was one of the Aztec's most important foods?
Xocolatl/Chocolate
Name of the conquistador that defeated the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
Name of ruler on the Maya from 695 AD to 738 AD
18 Rabbit
How did the road system help the Incans?
allowed the standing army to quickly respond to any trouble spots within the empire
MesoAmerican
middle-american
How did the Aztecs build a huge empire?
Conquering neighboring tribes
The biggest reasons the Conquistadors defeated the Aztecs
Biggest/Most important Mayan accomplishment:
System for Reading, Writing, Mathematics
Instead of enslaving the people they conquered, the Inca
extended citizenship, and taxed the defeated tribes
causeways
stone bridges that connect islands to mainlands