Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Incas
Mayans
Aztecs
100
An official count of all the people
What is a census
100
People who lived in the valley of Mexico
What are Aztecs
100
By building these the Incas could farm on slopes that would otherwise have been too sheep
What are terraces
100
Mayan life was based on this
What is farming
100
The Aztecs needed more farmland so they made these
What are chinampas
200
Steplike ledges cut into the mountains
What are terraces
200
a system of writing using signs and symbols
What are heiroglyphics
200
Information was recorded on these
What is quipu
200
The Mayas most common crop was this
What is maize or corn
200
The Aztecs most important god
What is the sun-god
300
A group of knotted strings
What is quipu
300
The Aztec capital
What is Tenochtitlan
300
The Incan ruler was called this
What is Sapa Inca or "the emperor"
300
The Mayan region was divided into these
What are city-states
300
The largest class of people in the Aztec society
What are farmers
400
An empire that ruled part of South America in the 1400s and the 1500s
What is the Incas
400
The establishment of a great civilization that built many cities in this region of the Middle America
What is the Mayas
400
Mayan priests developed these to follow seasons and to plan religious celebrations
What are calenders
400
The Aztec emperor
What is Moctezuma
500
The Incas capital city
What is Cuzco
500
Using this technique trees were cut down then the tree stumps were burned saving the ash for fertilizers
What is slash-and-burn
500
This spanish conquistador took control over the Incan civilization
Who is Francisco Pizarro
500
A special ball game in the Mayan civilization
What is pok-ta-tok
500
Farmers use these to transport produce by boats to a huge marketplace near the captial
What are canals
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