Maya
What type of climate did the Maya's live in?
Tropical
Where was the Inca Empire located?
Western South America, or in present day Peru
Name one landform in the Aztec civilization.
Mountain, plains, lakes, desert.
Steps that the Incas built into the side of the Andes Mountains in order to grow crops are called what?
Terrace Farming
This civilization was the only one of the three that DID NOT build pyramids.
The Inca
This game was played by the ancient Maya and is still played today.
Ball game
What Inca city was built in the 1400's, lost and then rediscovered in the early 1900's.
Machu Pichu
This was the main city of the Aztecs, in what is now present day Mexico City.
Tenochtitlan
The form of writing used by the Mayans and Aztecs.
Hieroglyphics
This civilization was the earliest of the three.
The Maya
What were Mayan pyramids used for?
Religious rituals, human sacrifice
What achievement made it possible for the chasqui to deliver messages throughout the empire?
Road system
What are chinampas in the Aztec civilization?
Floating gardens
A natural hole in the Earth's surface formed when water dissolves limestone.
Cenote
True or False
The Maya, Inca and Aztec used the wheel as a tool to build their empires.
False
Name one invention or achievement of the Mayans.
Calendar, writing system, number system
Name one invention or achievement of the Inca.
Terrace farming, calendar, roads, quipu, runners who delivered messages
What was every male in Aztec society required to do?
Go through military training.
Books about Mayan gods were called what?
Codex
This group mummified their dead.
The Inca
What caused the Mayan civilization to end?
What caused the Inca Empire to end?
European diseases, fighting between themselves, or Spanish invasion
Conquered by Hernan Cortes and his men. I will also accept--diseases brought by Spanish explorers.
Colorful knotted strings that the Inca used to keep track of crops.
Quipu
The Maya, Inca, and Aztecs all belived in many gods. This is called . . .
Polytheism