Key Terms
floating garden
What is Chinampas
This region was home to the first complex civilization developed by the Olmec around 1200 BC.
What is Mesoamerica
Along with law, trade, and tribute, this was a major responsibility of the Aztec kings.
What is warfare?
This mountain range is where the Inca began as a small tribe around 1400 AD.
What are the Andes Mountains?
This was the official language of the Inca Empire.
What is Quechua?
Language of the Inca Empire
What is Quechua
The Maya civilization was heavily influenced by this prior civilization.
What is the Omlec civilization
floating islands used for Aztec crops
What are chinampas?
This labor tax system allowed the Inca government to collect and redistribute goods.
What is mita?
Also known as corn, this crop was a staple food in many ancient American civilizations.
What ais maize
Stonework
What is Masonry
Mayans were one of the first civilizations to have symbol for this number
What is zero?
used to please the gods in the Aztec civilizations
The Inca believed their rulers were related to this god.
What is the sun god?
These two main forces heavily influenced people’s daily lives in Maya society.
What are social structure and religion?
relationships between people and the natural environment
What is tribute?
This Maya city was built by Pacal and is located in what is now Mexico.
What is Palenque?
Leader of the Spanish conquistadors
What is Hernan Cortes
This group defeated the Inca and ruled their lands for the next 300 years.
Who were the Spanish
There are no translations of Olmec writing because of this reason.
What is What is that no one knows how to read Olmec writing?
a Spanish conqueror
What is conquistador?
Decline of the Aztecs
What is the Spanish explorers with better weapons and diseases?
The capital of the Inca Empire
What is Cuzco?
This historic capital of the Aztecs was located in what is now Mexico.
What is Tenochtitlan?