Aztec Life
The Aztec capital that was built on an island in Lake Texcoco.
What is Tenochtitlan?
This long mountain range was home to the Inca Empire.
What are the Andes Mountains?
The Inca used this farming technique to grow crops on steep slopes.
What is terrace farming?
This ocean bordered much of the Inca Empire.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This was an Inca record-keeping device made from knotted and colored cords.
What is a quipu?
Conquered peoples were required to pay this in goods or labor to the Aztec Empire.
What is tribute?
The ruler of the Inca Empire was known by this title.
What is the Sapa Inca?
The Aztecs created farmland by building these human-made islands.
What are chinampas?
The Aztec Empire was centered in this present-day country.
What is Mexico?
This European power conquered both the Aztec and Inca Empires.
Who are the Spanish?
This alliance helped the Aztecs expand their power over central Mexico.
What is the Triple Alliance?
The Inca used this system that required citizens to work for the state as a form of tax.
What is the mita system?
What are canals?
The capital city of the Inca Empire, Cusco, is located in this modern-day country.
What is Peru?
This word describes a religion that believes in many gods.
What is polytheistic?
This crop was the staple of Aztec agriculture and diet.
What is maize (corn)?
This was the official langauage spoken across the Inca Empire.
What is Quechua?
These channels were built by the Aztecs to bring fresh water into the city.
What are aqueducts?
This physical characteristic of geography is where Tenochtitlan was founded.
What is Lake Texcoco?
This major factor helped destroy native populations after the Spanish conquest.
What is disease?
This ruler was in power when the Spanish conquistadors arrived.
Who is Moctezuma II?
This was a form of community/family within the Inca social and economic system.
What is ayllu?
The Inca's massive road system made it easy for these messengers to travel throughout the empire.
Who are chasquis?
This physical feature that separates the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea was once home to the Maya.
What is the Yucatan peninsula?
This was the primary language spoken by the Aztecs.
What is Nahuatl?