Incas
Mayas
Aztecs
Key Terms
Guess who
100
Another name for the "Sapa Inca."
Who is "the emperor."
100
The farming technique used by the Mayans.
What is "slash and burn agriculture?"
100
The farming technique used by the Aztecs.
What are "floating gardens"/chinampas?
100
The form of picture writing used by the Mayas and Aztecs.
What are Hieroglyphics?
100
This ancient civilization built entire cities using only hammers of stone and chisels of bronze.
Who are the Incas?
200
The location of the Incan Empire.
Where are the Andes Mountains?
200
This ancient city is sometimes called the New York City of the Mayan world.
What is Tikal?
200
Connected the city to the mainland.
What are causeways?
200
The religious ceremony of offering blood to the gods.
What is human sacrifice?
200
The civilization that built their city on a swamp.
Who are the Aztecs?
300
Knotted strings for keeping records.
What are quipus?
300
Performed human sacrifices.
Who are priests?
300
Pipes or channels designed to carry water from distant sources.
What are aqueducts?
300
The spanish word for the most important crop.
What is Maize?
300
This ancient civilization created a system for storing food.
Who are the Incas?
400
Steplike ledges cut into the mountainside that are used as fields for crops.
What are terraces?
400
Black and red.
What are the colors of war?
400
A religious figure dealing with food.
Who is the corn god?
400
"Roads" made out of water.
What are canals?
400
The civilization that made almost daily human sacrifices.
What are the Aztecs?
500
Way of sending messages.
Who were the relay runners?
500
The Incan city literally cut out of the the mountainside.
What is Macchu Picchu
500
Paid this with food, gold, or slaves.
What are tributes? (taxes)
500
Skilled workers who practiced a trade, created jewelry, garments, pottery, sculptures, and other goods.
What are Artisans?
500
The earliest empire out the Incan, Mayan, or Aztec empire.
What is the Mayan empire?
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