MESOAMERICA
The bridge that early humans crossed to migrate to the Americas thousands of years ago is called.
The Bering Land Bridge
The Maya civilization was located which current day countries?
Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Yucatan.
The Aztecs were primarily known for their _________ power
Military
The Inca developed in this mountain range.
The Andes
This Civilization was polytheistic, which means they believed and worshipped many gods
Maya - Aztec - Inca
What did Mesoamerican Civilization use obsidian for?
They got obsidian from the volcanoes in the highlands and used this rock to make sharp blades for spears and arrows.
The Maya writing system was written in
Hieroglyphics
The Capital of the Aztec Empire was
Tenochtitlan
The most famous Inca site is called _________.
Machu Picchu and it was discovered in 1911, hundreds of years after the Inca dissapeared.
What mathematical concept did the Maya innovate
Zero
What was the farming method used by Mesoamerican civilizations due to their poor soil.
Slash-And-Burn Agriculture
Mention 5 items that Maya merchants traded.
food - cotton - cacao - obsidian - jade - salt - feathers - pearls.
The Triple Alliance of the Aztec Empire included the Kings of
Tenochtitlan - Tlacopan - Texcoco
What were the geographical disadvantages of the region the Incas developed in.
Slopes are rocky and steep, the climate is cold and the air is thin.
This civilization had a complex society organized in a hierarchy that distinguished between nobles and commoners
Maya - Aztec - Inca
Who were the olmecs and the Zapotecs?
The first civilizations that lived in Mesoamerica.
The three main Maya social groups were the Nobles, the Commoners, and the Middle Class. Explain each one of them.
Nobles: the King, officials, and priests.
Commoners: Maya people who raised the crops, worked and the fields and the buildings.
Middle Class: Minor officals, soldiers, scribes, and skilled craftworkers.
The Aztec had an ___________ tradition, which means they _____________ writing system
Oral - Did not have a developed
The Incas had no written language, instead they used a ________, which is a device made of knotted strings that was carried by messengers and used to keep records of people or goods.
Quipu
This civilization was organized into Ayllus, which were groups of related families that owned and distributed land and followed the Mita System, in which they paid their taxes not with money (because it did not exist) but with labor
The Incas
Describe the differences between the lowlands and the highlands in Mesoamerica.
Highlands: On the south, warm temperatures, rain from April to October, volcanoes that produce obsidian for spears and arrows rich soil.
Lowlands: On the north, hot wet climate, heavy rainfall that supports a dense rainforest, poor soil valuable resources like plants and animals.
What did the Maya use their pyramids for?
For religious rituals such as human sacrifices to their gods.
What are Chinampas?
Artificial islands for farming.
How were the Incas able to overcome their geographical disadvantages.
They developed complex engineering and architecture tecniques such as terraces for agriculture, roads that llamas and alpacas could navigate in the mountains, bridges that connected the mountains, and buildings that could resist earthquakes.
This Civilization was ruled under and Absolute Monarchy, which means that one person, the King, has unlimited power and control. However, the King was also adviced by 3 councils: the Supreme Council, the War Council, and the Council of Four.
The Aztecs