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South America and the Incas
Cultures of Middle America
Cultures of North America
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a group of knotted strings used by the Incas to record information
What is a quipu
100
The Incan ruler was called this
What is the Sapa Inca
100
The Aztecs gained a huge empire by doing this
What is warring against others
100
The Anasazi altered the environment by building these
What are canals and dams
100
Clearing the land by cutting down trees and then burning the tree stumps, saving the ash to use as fertilizer
What is slash and burn agriculture
200
an official count of people in a certain time
What is a census?
200
Incan officials kept records on this
What is quipus
200
Mayan civilization declined when they
left their cities
200
The Pueblos believed in many spirits, called this
What is kachinas
200
West of the Mississippi river and east of the rocky mountains is a mostly flat and grassy region called this
What is the Great Plains
300
a type of corn
What is maize?
300
This is how the Incas increased farmland by building these
What are terraces
300
The Aztecs grew wealthy because they made conquered people do this
What is pay tribute
300
This is where the Mississippian culture was located
What is in the South and Midwest
300
This group were an ancient Native American peoples of the Southwest. Their name can be translated as, "the ancient ones"
Who are the Anasazi
400
a system of writing using signs and symbols
What is hieroglyphics
400
One of the main purposes of Incan roads was to do this
To allow the army to travel quickly
400
This groups was at the bottom of Aztec society
What is slaves
400
The Anasazi and Pueblo built these to serve as dwellings
What is pueblos
400
Why do you think the Mound Builders put jewelry, statues, and other works of art in some mounds?
Because much like the Egyptians, Mound Builders put items that had belonged to the dead with whom they were buried
500
A canal to carry water from from a lake to a farmer's fields far away.
What is an aqueduct?
500
The Incas constructed paved roads, massive walls, and mountaintop buildings out of closely fitted _____
What is stone
500
The Mayas developed a system of writing using
What is hieroglyphics
500
The Anasazi used canals to water crops because
They had settled in a dry land
500
This was why it was a challenge for the Aztecs to build a city in the middle of Lake Texcoco
Because it was difficult to build a city on water