GEOGRAPHY & LOCATIONS
The region where both the Maya and Aztec civilizations were located.
What is Mesoamerica?
This was the capital city of the Aztec Empire, built on an island in a lake.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who is (Hernán) Cortés?
The Aztec built these "floating gardens" on lakes to grow crops. What are they called?
What are chinampas?
Both the Maya and Aztec played ball games that included ritualistic ________.
What is sacrifice?
This is the continent where the Inca civilization was located.
What is Peru/South America?
This was the capital city of the Inca Empire.
What is Cuzco?
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca Empire.
Who is (Francisco) Pizarro?
The Inca created this superior system to connect their mountain empire.
What are roads (or road networks)?
Both the Aztec and Inca empires used this system to force conquered people to pay taxes in goods.
What is the tribute system?
The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan is located in this present-day city.
What is Mexico City?
Which is NOT a capital city: Cuzco, Pakal, or Tenochtitlan.
What is Pakal? (Pakal was a Maya ruler, not a city)
What are two factors that may have caused the Maya decline?
What are drought, war, disease, or epidemic?
The Maya used this farming technique where they cleared forest by burning it. What is it called?
: What is slash and burn?
While all three civilizations were advanced, only THIS civilization used llamas to carry heavy materials.
Who are the Inca?
This term means "middle America" and includes present-day Mexico and Central America.
What is Mesoamerica?
Tenochtitlan was built on an island in this body of water.
What is Lake Texcoco?
The Aztec Empire expanded by constantly doing this to other cities.
What is waging war (or conquering/fighting)?
Both the Maya and Inca empires used this farming technique to create flat land in the mountains to grow corn, beans, and squash.
What are terraces?
All three civilizations had number systems that helped them record information. True or false?
What is true?