The Incas
The Mayas
The Aztecs
Cultures of North America
Vocabulary
100
The Incas constructed paved roads, massive walls, and mountaintop buildings out of closely fitted.....
What is stone
100
Maize
What is corn
100
The Aztecs are located.....
What is Middle America or the Valley of Mexico
100
The Anasazi and Pueblo built .... to serve as dwellings
What is a pueblo
100
A mountain chain of western South America
What are the Andes
200
The Incas kept records through a(n)
What is a quipu
200
The technique used by the Mayans where trees are cut, burned, and then the ashes are used to fertilize the soil
What is slash-and-burn agriculture
200
The Aztec capital city that was built in the middle of a lake
What is Tenochtitlan
200
The large city of Cahokia is located in.....
Where is Illinois
200
Corn
What is maize
300
The Incas emperor is called......
What is Sapa Inca
300
The Mayan system of writing
What is hieroglyphics
300
The group at the bottom of Aztec society
What are slaves or POWS
300
The Pueblos believed in many spirits called .....
What are kachinas
300
A round room used by the pueblo people for religious ceremonies
What is a kiva
400
The Incas increased farmland by building.....
What is a terrace
400
To honor the gods, the Mayas held.....
What is a festival
400
The Aztecs gained a huge empire by....
What is conquering new territories
400
The Mississippi culture is located in.....
What is Eastern North America
400
A mostly flat and grassy region of western North America
What are the Great Plains
500
Besides communication, one of the main purposes of Incan roads was to......
What is carry the Incan armies and trade caravans
500
Mayan civilizations declined when....
What is abandoning their cities
500
The Aztecs grew wealthy because they made conquered people.....
What is pay tribute or heavy taxes
500
The Anasazi altered the environment through building....
What are canals and dams
500
The capital city of the Incan Empire
What is Cuzco
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