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The Aztecs were the only empire located in this continent.
North America
This crop originated in modern-day Peru
Potato
Second-longest river in the world, giving its name to a rainforest.
Amazon
The name of this region literally means "Middle America"
Mesoamerica
This crop originated in modern-day Mexico
Corn/maize
These "rubber people" were the earliest civilization in Central America
Olmecs
Capital city of the Aztecs
Tenochtitlan
This civilization was centered around city-states in the jungles of southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Guatemala
Maya
Mountain chain stretching the length of South America
Andes Mountains
This technique allowed the Inca to grow more food on mountainsides
Terraced farming
Another name for these people was the Mexica
Aztecs
Rule by religious officials, or a system in which political leaders also have religious authority
The only large domesticated animals in South America
Llamas/alpacas
Payment given from a weaker nation or territory to a stronger one
Tribute
Name for the Mayan writing system
Glyphs
A floating platform used as man-made farmland
Chinampa
The Aztecs are an example of a _______________ empire.
Tributary
Lake in central Mexico that was home to the Aztec capital city
Lake Texcoco
Knotted cords used for recordkeeping
Quipu
Term for the Spanish soldiers that caused the downfalls of the Aztec and Inca Empire
Conquistadors
A famous lost city of the Incas, rediscovered by outsiders in 1911
Machu Picchu
The final Emperor of the Aztecs
Montezuma/Moctezuma
Name for the wild grass that corn was bred from
Teosinte
Term for the ruling monarch of the Inca Empire
Sapa Inca
Legendary homeland of the Aztecs before they migrated into central Mexico
Aztlan