Aztec Agriculture
This staple crop was central to the Aztec diet.
What is maize?
The Inca are famous for this ancient city high in the Andes.
What is Machu Picchu?
The sun god worshiped by the Inca.
Who is Inti?
The Inca used these for record-keeping.
What are quipus?
This Spanish conquistador led the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
Chinampas were constructed on this lake.
What is Lake Texcoco?
This network of roads spanned the Inca Empire.
What is the Qhapaq Ñan?
Inca emperors were considered descendants of this god.
Who is Inti?
This was the primary language of the Inca Empire.
What is Quechua?
This Inca emperor was captured and killed by the Spanish.
Who is Atahualpa?
Aztecs used this method to distribute water for farming.
What is irrigation?
Inca terraces allowed farming in these environments.
What are steep mountains?
This term refers to the Inca practice of mummifying their dead.
What is ancestor worship?
Messengers who ran across the empire were called this.
What are chasquis?
The Spanish were aided by this interpreter in Mexico.
Who is La Malinche?
Beans and squash were often grown alongside maize in this system.
What is the Three Sisters?
The Inca suspension bridges were made of this material.
What is grass or rope?
The festival honoring Inti was called this.
What is Inti Raymi?
These knots on quipus represented numeric data.
What are decimal knots?
This disease greatly weakened Indigenous populations.
What is smallpox?
Aztecs used this type of tool for farming, as they lacked iron.
What are stone, obsidian, and wooden tools?
Sacred sites in Inca religion were known as these.
What are huacas?
Inca communication relied heavily on this road system.
What is the Qhapaq Ñan?
This treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?