Hunters and Gathers
Why did people begin to settle down, or stay in one place?
Farming created more food to eat, so people did not have to travel to find food. They also needed to take care of the crops they had planted like corn.
The Maya used their knowledge of the stars create a __________.
calendar
The Inca built a mountain city called ___________.
Machu Picchu
The Aztec people built their city where they found ________________.
and eagle eating a snake.
What new crop did the early civilizations develop and begin to farm?
Corn
They wrote in _______.
Glyphs
Inca soldiers, farmers, and messengers traveled along the ____________________.
Royal Road
How did the Aztec move through the city of Tenochtitlan?
On canals.
What animal did early hunter-gathers follow to get food?
Wooly mammoths
What game did the Mayan's play?
A ball game.
The ruler of the Inca was called ______.
Sapa Inca
The Maya lived next to the _________ peninsula.
Yucatan
Mayan's built pyramids that they used to worship ________.
their gods