Maya
Mayan culture flourished in this Geographic REGION.
Mesoamerica?
List an advantage that the location of Tenochtitlán provided the Aztecs
The lake provided fish and water birds for food, and the island was easy to defend.
Who was at the top of the Aztec's social class structure?
the ruler and his family
Around 1200 C.E., the Incas first settled their capital city, which they called
Cuzco.
What was the name of the Sun God?
Inti
This was an achievement of the Olmecs that the Maya improved on.
Hieroglyphics
Why did the Aztecs build chinampas?
to create more land for the expansion of Tenochtitlán
The highest-ranking commoners were the pochteca, who were
professional traders.
The Incas transmitted messages from one part of their empire to another by
an elaborate relay system.
The Ayllu's crops went three places. Name the three groups.
Sapa Inca, Commoners, and Temples
These members of Maya society knew how to read and write...
ruler, nobles and priests
The center of Aztec life was
warfare.
In Aztec culture, Huitzilopochtli was the
god of sun and war.
How did the Incas keep their official records?
They recorded information using sets of strings called quipus.
The Incas adapted and developed advances in technology from which civilization?
Chimus
Mayan Priests used the Sacred Round to do this...
determine the best days to plant, hunt, cure, do battle, and perform religious ceremonies
What is one example of a technological marvel at Tenochtitlán?
twin aqueducts that carried fresh water for irrigation from the Chapultepec springs
Aztecs believed that to keep the sun strong, they needed to
offer him some sort of blood.
Families in the Inca Empire belonged to larger clans called
ayllus.
What direction do the Andes Mountains run in South America?
North-South
How did Maya farmers adapt to the environment of the mountainous highlands?
build terraces to make more land available for planting
Why did cities pay tribute to the Aztecs?
The Aztecs demanded payments after defeating them in war.
What did the Aztec game, patolli, symbolize?
the 260-day calendar
What happened when a tribe became part of the Inca Empire?
The tribe had to adopt the ways of the Incas.
The Atacama Desert is near which physical feature?
Andes Mountains