Maya
The location of this civilization
What is in and around the Yucatan peninsula?
The Aztec capital
What is Tenochtitlan in present-day Mexico?
The region the Inca ruled
What is the Pacific coast of South America?
The civilization that used the number "0"
What is the Maya?
This capital city was built on an island
What is Tenochtitlan?
Structures an archeologist might find in a Maya city from sporting events
What are ball courts?
Before the Aztec built their empire, they could best be described as _____________.
What are wanderers?
The name of the leader of the Inca empire
What is Sapa Inca?
The civilization that had two calendars
What is the Maya?
One reason the Aztec waged war so often
What is they needed prisoners for human sacrifices?
The tallest and most important buildings
What are pyramids?
The Aztec were best known as fierce _________.
This civilization used quipu to ______________.
What is to record information?
The civilization that counted and kept records using a quipu
What is the Inca?
This mountain range runs through the middle of this civilization
What is the Andes?
The term used for a picture or symbol representing an idea, an object, a syllable, or a sound
What is hieroglyph?
The Aztec ruler in 1519
Cuzco, Machu Pichu, and Quito are all _______.
The civilization that cut terraces for farming
What is the Inca?
The title of the Inca tax collector and matchmaker
What is He-Who-Sees-Everything?
Name three developments in scientific knowledge.
What are a system of numbers, an accurate calendar, and a system of writing?
The type of government the Aztec had
What is an empire united under a single ruler?
What is that they did not use mortar?
The civilization that built causeways and canals
What is the Aztec?
The historical figure who led the Spanish invasion of the Aztec empire
Who was Hernan Cortes?