Geography
Due to the rugged terrain of these mountains in South America, cities were often built on mountain tops.
What are Andes?
The "Lost City" of the Inca civilization.
What is Machu Picchu?
The ancient writing system that used symbols and pictures.
What are glyphs?
A channel or bridge for moving fresh water.
What are aqueducts?
During the 1500's most of the societies in Mesoamerica were conquered by explorers from which country?
What is Spain?
This Aztec city was one of the most powerful cities in Mesoamerica.
What is Tenochititlan?
The Inca used these to connect their empire through the mountains.
What are roads and bridges?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheistic?
The Aztecs performed the highest number of __________to keep their gods happy. Priests performed them on top of pyramids.
What are human sacrifices?
This is the main crop of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca people.
What is Maize?
Which of the three civilizations was not in the direct Mesoamerica area?
What is Inca?
A type of farming that the Inca used to grow crops such as potatoes and quinoa.
What is terrace farming?
Due to the diverse geography, the Mayan government was separated into small __________________, which are indedendent cultural centers.
What are city-states?
People who are native to the land.
What is indigenous?
The Maya civilization was located on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and extended south into what is the present-day country?
What is Guatemala?
An object made of strings and knots that the Inca used for communication.
What is a quipu?
The Mayans had impressive stone -building abilities, including ball courts and ________________.
What are pyramids?
Their 260-day system marked religious ceremonies and festivals. And, their 365-day system helped them keep track of time.
What is a calendar?
These were the earliest of the Mesoamerican groups who created a culture that influenced powerful civilizations later on.
Who are the Zapotec people?
This group started their civilization on an island in Lake Texcoco.
Who are the Aztecs?
The Inca were able to maintain a strong government and complex society by collecting these?
What are taxes?
A farming method that prepares the fields for planting crops by cutting down trees and burning the remains.
What is Slash and Burn?
Man-made, floating islands that were used to grow crops.
What are chinampas?
The historic region in Central America that was home to many advanced civilizations.
What is Mesoamerica?