Where in the World?
This civilization lived in the Andes Mountains.
Who are the Inca?
The Inca built these steps into the mountains for farming.
What are terraces?
The Olmec carved these giant stone structures.
What are stone heads?
This crop was the staple of all Mesoamerican diets.
What is maize/corn?
The Maya had the only fully developed system of this in the Americas.
What is writing/glyphs?
The Aztecs built their capital city on this geographic feature.
What is an island in a lake?
The Aztec solved their farmland shortage with these floating gardens.
What are chinampas?
The Maya built cities with these tall religious structures.
What are pyramids/temples?
The Aztecs grew these three “sisters” crops.
What are maize, beans, and squash?
The Inca recorded information using these knotted strings.
What is quipu?
The Maya lived mostly in this modern-day region.
What is the Yucatán Peninsula/Guatemala?
The Maya studied this to create an accurate calendar.
What are the stars/astronomy?
What is Cuzco?
The Inca were able to grow food on steep mountainsides by building these.
What are terraces?
The Olmec are often called this, meaning they influenced later civilizations.
What is the “Mother Culture”?
The Olmec were located near this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
The Aztecs connected their island city to the mainland using these.
What are causeways/stone bridges?
The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, became one of the largest of these in the world.
What are cities?
The Olmec traded for rare stones like jade and obsidian, which they used for this purpose.
What is art/jewelry/carvings?
The Aztecs practiced this ritual to honor their gods.
What is human sacrifice?