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

Hieroglyphics were used by this group other than the Aztecs?

Who were the Mayans?

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 the country of Peru is located along the Andes Mountains

200

What did architecture did Mayans construct that are still visited by travelers? 

What are pyramid temples, or stone buildings and steps

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

What was the name of the famous Incan city that was built by cutting into the mountainside? 

Macchu Pichu

300

Who performed human sacrifices?

Who are priests

300

What was the type of written language used by the Aztecs

What are hieroglyphics?

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

What did Incas build to connect canyons, gorges, and rivers and what were they made of?

What are Incan Rope Bridges

500

Which 2 places could the Mayans locate their positions out in space? 

The moon and venus (and they could predict when a solar eclipse was coming)

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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