Mesoamerica
A new way of producing food that enabled people to stay in one place.
What is farming?
A lack of water that may have contributed to the fall of the Mayan Civilization.
What is a drought?
The country where most of the ancient Aztec empire was located.
What is Mexico?
The continent that the Inca empire was located in.
What is South America?
A place where people can go to worship the gods.
What is a temple?
The part of the world the Ancient Mayan empire was located in.
What is Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras?
What is Central America?
A place where people would go to buy and sell things.
What is a market?
A type of farming used in the mountains where they cut steps into the side of the sloope.
What is terrace farming?
A staple crop for the Mesoamerican civilizations.
What is maize (corn)?
The study of the stars, moon, and planets that the Ancient Maya used to create their calendar.
What is astronomy?
The sign that the ancient Aztecs searched for to find their new home.
What is the eagle and the serpent?
Ancient Incan messengers
What are runners?
The oldest of the three Mesoamerican civilizations.
What are the ancient Maya?
The first sport played in the Americas.
What is pok-a-tok (Mesoamerican ball game)?
The Last Aztec Emperor and the man who caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Who were Moctezuma and Cortez?
An ancient Incan city in Peru that is still mostly in tact.
What is Machu Pichu?