Vocabulary
A gift of an animal for slaughter to honor the gods.
Sacrifice
The Aztecs founded their empire in the center of this lake.
Lake Texcoco
This social class was often sacrificed by the Maya and Aztec
Slaves
The belief in multiple gods.
Polytheism
Artificial islands for farming.
Chinampas
A set of actions that is always performed the same way as part of a religious ceremony.
Ritual
Their capital city was Tenochtitlan
The Aztecs
The job of most peasants and commoners.
farmers
The Maya believed this made the gods stronger.
Blood
Sat atop massive pyramids.
Temples
The region expanding from modern Mexico to Central America.
Mesoamerica
Modern day Guatemala was considered the heart of their empire.
The Maya
Which empire believed their ruler was semi-divine or chosen by the gods?
The Aztec
260 day calendar used by the Maya and Aztec for religious purposes.
The Sacred Round and/or Sun Stone
Earthen steps carved into mountains.
Terrace farming
A solid earthen roadway built across water or low ground.
Causeway
This empire originated in Peru
The Inca
Read the calendar and determined when to go to war.
Priests
The most important Incan god
Inti
The Maya writing system
Hieroglyphics
An Incan group of related families.
Ayllu
Their empire was constructed in the Andes Mountains
The Inca
Allowed men to practice polygamy
The Aztecs
The Aztec chief god
Huitzilopchtli
The two major road systems in the Incan empire
The coastal road and inland road.