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?
These physical characteristics of geography shaped the Aztec and Inca economies by influencing farming, trade, and modifications.
What are lakes and mountains?
This major factor helped spread European influence and destroy native populations after 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 massive road system that connected the Inca Empire's cities and regions.
What is the Qhapaq Ñan?
The varied climate zones of the Andes forced the Inca to adapt farming practices based on this factor.
What is elevation?
This was the primary language spoken by the Aztecs.
What is Nahuatl?