Vocabulary
Step-like fields built into hills for farming
What are terraces?
This civilization built causeways to connect their capital city
Who were the Aztecs?
The first Spanish colony in the Americas
What is Hispaniola?
Farming allowed people to stay in one place and form these
What are settlements?
Extra food that can be stored or traded
What is a surplus?
This civilization used terraces for farming in the mountains
Who were the Incas?
He sailed west from Spain in 1492
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Extra food allowed civilizations to develop these specialized roles
What are jobs or occupations?
Large sheets of slowly moving ice
What are glaciers?
This civilization’s capital was Tenochtitlan
Who were the Aztecs?
Columbus believed he had reached this part of the world
What are the Indies?
A surplus of food led to the growth of these complex societies
What are civilizations?
A system of knotted strings used for record keeping
What are quipus?
This civilization kept records using quipus
Who were the Incas?
Columbus made this many voyages to the Americas
What is four?
The movement of ice sheets helped shape the land during this period
What is the Ice Age?
Man-made raised roads over water or wetlands
What are causeways?
The Aztec capital was located in this modern-day country
What is Mexico?
This Spanish explorer conquered the Aztecs
Who was Hernán Cortés?
Farming in the Americas led to these 3 major changes in society
What are population growth, permanent settlements, and new jobs?