Aztec
Vocab Terms
Maya
Vocab Terms Continued
Inca
100

Where the Aztec Civilization lived

What is Mexico

100

Moving around from place to place.

what is Nomadic?

100

Where the civilization was located

What is Central America and Mexico in the Yucatan Peninsula

100

To kill something to make the gods happy

What is a sacrifice?

100
What the Inca called their ruler. 

What is the Sapa Inca? 

200

What were 3 inventions of the Aztec?

Aqueduct, Canals, Pyramids and Temples

200

A building that was used for religious purposes.

What is a temple?

200

Where was pok a tok played?

On a ball court

200

A place that is independent and has it's own ruler in a empire

What is a city state?

200

The Inca lived here.

What are the Andes Mountains?

300

What were the floating islands called in the empire?

What are Chinampas?

300

Tax that was a form of labor in the Inca Empire

What is Mita

300

Name 3 inventions of the Maya

What is Poc-a-toc, calendar, math system with zero, hieroglyphs, temples, pyramids.

300

A period in time in time in which a ruler is in charge of an empire.

What is reign? 

300

Name 3 inventions from the Inca Empire

Road Systems, Terraces, Pyramids and Temples, Mummification, Freeze Drying

400

The capital city of the Aztec Empire

What is Tenochtitlan

400

The belief in many gods

Polytheism

400

These were the highest structures and had temples built on them,

What are pyramids

400

A group of countries or territories under the control of one ruler

What is an empire?

400

The Inca carved these into mountains so they could farm.

What is a terrace? 

500

Who was the emperor of the Aztec in 1519?

Moctezuma II

500
A picture or symbol representing a sound or word.

What is a heiroglyph?

500

This achievement had 365 days on it and was one of the most accurate of its kind

What is a calendar.

500

A game that was played that would require getting a ball through a hoop using your hips and kneed

What is pok a tok?

500

This was the item that was used to keep records for the Inca.

Who is quipu?