Vocab
payment from conquered peoples
tribute
Inca emperor name/title
Sapa Inca
grew maize, city-states, pyramid monuments
Mayan Civilization
farmland on flat surfaces on hillsides and mountains
terraces
mixture of clay and plant fibers
Adobe
civilization in the Andes mountains with highways
Inca Empire
freestanding villages
pueblos
corns, beans, squash
Three Sisters
warrior civilization with human sacrifice
Aztec Civilization
artificial islands made of mud piled atop reeds
chinampas
capital of Inca Empire
Cuzco
Tribe who influenced the US government
Iroquois
humans migrated from Siberia to North America
Bering Land Bridge Theory
Aztec Capital city, modern Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
"Mother culture" of Mesoamerica
Olmecs