Inventions
a recording system using strings.
what is a quipu?
the current location of the Aztec empire
a kinship group; the basic unit of Incan society
what is a Allyu?
the year in which Aztecs build their capital city, Tenochtitlan.
when was 1325?
the year the Aztec capital was captured
when was 1521?
a manuscript usually made of skin and bark with hieroglyphics.
what is a codex?
area defined by related contiguous cultures from the arid areas of northern Mexico to the tropical areas of Guatemala and Honduras in the south
what is Mesoamerica?
an Olmec sculpture that represented political power.
what is a Olmec stonehead
the year the 12th Sapa Inca came to power
when was 1525?
the man who conquered the Inca empire.
who is Francisco Pizarro?
a wooden club lined with obsidian blades
what is a macuahuitl?
a raised path across wet ground
cutting and burning old foliage to farm and for land.
what is slash-and-burn agriculture?
the time san lorenzo was built.
when was the 12th century BCE?
the location where Herman Cortez landed to gain intelligence from locals in the area
where is Tabasco,Mexico?
an agricultural practice farmers employ on steep slopes, hilly areas, and higher altitudes.
what is terrace farming?
a city in the Mayan lowlands; made to honor King Pacal.
what is Palenque City?
a Mayan polytheistic animist religion, characterized by its multiple death gods.
what is Costumbre?
The peak of the Incan empire
the disease that conquistadors gave to natives that killed thousands
what is smallpox?
large tanks that store rainwater collected from impervious surfaces for domestic use or for consumption.
what are cisterns?
the lake where the Aztecs moved to in present-day Mexico.
what is Lake Texcoco?
a hierarchy people were separated in, based on wealth and occupation.
what is Social Stratification?
when the Mayan calendar ends.
when is December 21, 2012 ce.?
the year the Spanish discovered Mesoamerica
when was 1519?