The Mayans
Object owned by the Mayans that the Spanish destroyed most of
What are books?
Bowl shaped geographic area
What is a basin?
Continent where the Incas were located
What is South America?
What is a longhouse?
Farming method in which trees and other plants on a plot of land are cut down and burned
What is slash and burn?
Concept that the Maya understood before the Europeans did
What is the number zero?
System of government where one person from a ruling family has unlimited power
What is absolute monarchy?
Group of related families that pooled resources to meet people's needs
What is an aylla?
Early Native American group often referred to as mound builders
What are Mississippians?
Artificial islands used for farming
What are chinampas?
The cause for the beginnings of the first Mesoamerican civilizations
When is once people learned how to farm in the tropical forest?
What are commoners?
The practice of paying taxes through labor
What is the mita system?
Group of Native Americans which learned to adapt to a hot, dry climate
Who are the Ancestral Pueblo?
What is corn, beans, and squash?
A symbol that stands for a word, idea or sound
What is a hieroglpyh?
Something the Aztecs did daily to supposedly keep the sun shining
What is human sacrifice?
The greatest example of Incan engineering
What is the road network?
Object that people make, such as tools, pottery, or jewelry
What is an artifact?
Event that led to the end of the Mayan kingdom
One factor that may have caused Mayan cities to fall into ruin between 800 and 1000 bce is..?
At its peak, the Aztec empire controlled..?
What is an area extending from central Mexico to Guatamala?
The last great Sapa Inca emperor who ruled from 1493-1525 and divided the empire between his 2 sons when he died
Type of home formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame
What is a wigwam?
Why the farmers in Mesoamerica move their farms from time to time?
What is the soil wearing out and no longer supporting farming?