Incas
Aztecs
Culture
Geography
Maya , Zapotec, and Olmec
100
South America (more specifically, the Andes Mountains).
Where was the Inca Empire located?
100
Middle America (Mexico)
Where was the Aztec Empire located?
100
Built terraces on the mountain.
How did the Incas modify their environment in order to farm?
100
Andes mountains, Amazon river
What is the largest mountain range, and the second largest river located in South America?
100
The rainforest
What type of forest did the Olmec live in?
200
Cuzco
What was the capital of the Inca Empire?
200
Tenochtitlan
What was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
200
A god the Incas and Aztecs both believed in.
What is the Sun god?
200
Atacama desert
What desert is located in Latin America, and considered one of the driest places in the world?
200
slash-and-burn agriculture
What type of agricultural strategy did the Olmec use?
300
The counting system the Incas used to record information.
What is a quipu?
300
They built chinampas.
How did the Aztecs modify their environment in order to meet their farming needs?
300
Guinea Pig
What food was a common delicacy found in the Inca Empire?
300
The pampas
Other than the Amazon rainforest, what tropical rainforest is located in south America?
300
The first system of writing
What type of system is believed to be the first developed-by the Zapotecs?
400
Llama
What animal did the Incas rely on for transportation devices and a source of food?
400
Spanish conquistadors
Who conquered the Aztec civilization?
400
Had highly trained messengers.
How did the Incas communicate throughout the Empire?
400
Brazil
What is the one country of Southern America that passes through both the equator and a tropic?
400
Between A.D 250 and 850
What time span is used to describe great cities, and advances in science and art made by the Maya?
500
Quechua
What was the language the Incas spoke?
500
Aztec priests were specifically in charge of this job.
Who in the Aztec Empire was in charge of preforming human sacrifices?
500
They sacrificed children.
Who did the Inca choose to sacrifice, as they were known as the purest of beings?
500
Brazil
What is the Latin American country that borders ten other countries?
500
The extended family
What was the basic social unit in Maya society?
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