Mayans
Aztecs
Incas
Which one?
Vocab.
100
Where do the Mayans live?
Yuca tan peninsula(rain forest)
100
Where did they live?
Andes mountains(Peru)
100
Potato
Incas
100
What is Codices
Communication
200
What God did they sacrifice to?
No one God, they were polytheistic!
200
What did they farm on?
Chinampas
200
How did they communicate?
Through quipu
200
Calendar
Mayans
200
Terrace farming
Flat land cut into the side of mts for farming
300
What did they come up with that we use today?
Calendar
300
What was the name of their capital city?
Tenochtitlan
300
What animals did they domesticate?
The llama and the alpaca
300
Human sacrifice
Mayans and aztecs
300
City states
Self sufficient cities
400
What was the "ball game?"
A game where the looser was sacrificed.
400
What God did they mainly sacrifice to?
The sun God
400
What is the name of the famous ruins
Machu pichu
400
Tribute system
Incas
400
Chicken itza
Pyramids
500
What was the main way that they kept their fields fertile, at first?
Slash and burn
500
Who were they conquered by and how?
Cortes and they thought he was the white faced God and they let him in to be their ruler
500
Who were they conquer by?
Pizarro
500
Who came up with codices?
Aztecs
500
Theocracy
Leader was part God
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