Vocabulary
An agricultural estate run by a lord and worked by peasants
Manor
The period in which the population of Europe doubled in size
The location of the Mayan civilization
Mesoamerica
The modern name for the capital the Aztecs established
Mexico City
The location of the Inca civilization
Northern and Mid-South America
An outbreak of disease that spreads rapidly
Epidemic
Founded the San Franciscans
Saint Francis of Assisi
The date of when the present world would end according the Mayan calendar
December 23, 2012
The Aztecs had no immunity against this
European diseases
The monarch believed this
He was the descendant of the sun god
Peasant legally bound to the land
Serf
August and September was this for serfs
Harvest time
The writing system of the Mayans
Hieroglyphs
The first person to encounter the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
The length of the Incas system of roads
24,800 miles
The area of southern Mexico and Central America
Mesoamerica
The percentage of free peasants that eventually became serfs
60%
The Mayan calendar was based on a belief in cycles of creation and
Destruction
These linked islands to the mainland
Stone roadways
Expansion of the Incas region was a result of this
Conquest
Christian rites
Sacraments
How the military elite spent their free time
The crowd rewarded ball players with these
Clothes and jewelry
This was at the top of the pyramid that was dedicated to the sun god
An altar for human sacrifice
Wall were built without the use of this
Mortar