Maya
Where were the Maya's located?
Mexico and central America.
True or False:
The Inca were skilled at stone building
True
What was the Olmec's most Important crop?
Maze/corn.
Where were they located?
Central America
Who made the giant stone heads?
The Olmec
How were the Maya's organized?
The Maya did not have one ruler controlling one giant empire. They lived in independent city-states.
The capital of the Inca's was?
Cuzco
What were the Olmec best known for?
The stone heads.
What was the Aztec capital?
Tenochtitlan
Who did Terrance Farming?
The Inca's
A good memory trick for the Maya's is?
Maya=Math
Where were the Inca located?
The Andes Mountains of South America
Where were they located?
Southern mexico.
The Aztecs created ________, artificial farming areas built in the shallow water.
Chinampas
Who's had the capital Tenochtitlan?
The Aztec
Somethings the Maya's were advanced in was?
Writing, mathematics, Architecture, ect.
The Inca cut flat areas into mountainsides called terraces. This let them do what?
Grow crops on steep land, Reduce erosion, and make better use of mountainous land.
The Olmec's were one of the what of the 4 civilizations?
They were the earliest/oldest.
Where was Tenochtitlan built on?
The lands in Lake Texcoco.
Who is best known for there mathematics?
The Maya's
What were the Maya's best seen as?
They were seen as one of the most advanced and influential societies in America.
How did the Inca come over the geography issue?
The Inca built a huge network of roads and bridges.
What types of things did the Olmec's build?
They built farming communities, religious centers, and stone heads.
Why did the Aztec empire fall?
Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés fought against the Aztecs.
True or False?
The Inca built a huge network of roads and bridges.
These helped connect different parts of their large mountainous empire.
True