Maya
This environment covered much of the Maya homeland.
What is the rainforest?
This was the capital city of the Aztec Empire.
What is Tenochtitlán?
The Inca Empire developed along this South American mountain range.
What are the Andes Mountains?
The Maya closely studied these objects in the night sky
What are stars/planets?
What are stars/planets?These European explorers arrived and conquered the Aztec and Inca empires.
Who were the Spanish conquistadors?
The Maya built these enormous structures for religious ceremonies.
What are pyramids/temples?
The Aztecs built Tenochtitlán on an island in this lake
What is Lake Texcoco?
This city was the capital of the Inca Empire.
What is Cuzco?
The Inca created an enormous system of these to connect their empire.
What are roads?
This conquistador led the Spanish forces against the Aztecs
Who was Hernán Cortés?
Maya knowledge of astronomy helped them create accurate versions of this
What is a calendar?
These artificial islands allowed Aztec farmers to grow crops around Tenochtitlán.
What are chinampas?
This famous Inca city was built high in the Andes.
What is Machu Picchu?
The Inca used this knotted-cord system to keep records.
What is a quipu?
This Aztec emperor ruled when Cortés arrived.
Who was Montezuma II?
The Maya developed a number system that included this important mathematical concept
what is zero?
This crop was an important staple food for the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican peoples.
What is maize/corn?
Inca farmers carved these into mountain slopes so they could grow crops.
What are terraces?
Inca builders fitted stones together so precisely that they often did not need this building material between them.
What is mortar?
This conquistador led the conquest of the Inca Empire.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
Maya writing used hundreds of these picture-like symbols.
What are glyphs/hieroglyphs?
The Aztecs demanded conquered peoples provide these payments of goods and resources.
What is tribute?
This Inca ruler greatly expanded the empire during the 1400s.
Who was Pachacuti?
Because the Inca had no horses or wheeled transportation, these specially trained people carried messages throughout the empire.
Who were runners/messengers (chasquis)?
Besides Spanish weapons and alliances, these brought by Europeans devastated Indigenous populations.
What were diseases such as smallpox?