Mayans
The structures found by archaeologists in Maya cities like Tikal, built more than 1,000 years ago, are made of
What is stone
A set of strings tied into knots, called a quipu, was an aid for
remembering information.
A pilgrimage site for Aztecs, was the ruins of a city built by the
who is Teotihuacán
How might someone become the Aztec emperor?
What is by being chosen by a group of advisers after his uncle died
What sources best help scholars learn about the cultures of the Maya, Aztec, and Incan people?
traditions found among descendants
One skill that the Maya adapted from the Olmecs was a way to
What is write by using pictures as symbols.
According to Incan legend, the Inca tribe began when the sun god’s son
rose out of Lake Titicaca.
Why did the leader Itzcoatl destroy records of his people’s history?
What is so he could tell a different story of their past
The pochteca, or professional traders, had many privileges. This suggests that the Aztecs
valued rare goods from faraway places.
Which describes the solar year calculated by the Maya?
the time it takes Earth to go once around the sun
Maya priests led rituals and offered sacrifices. What was another role of the priests?
What is to foretell the future?
The Incas lived for hundreds of years without spreading their civilization. What set off the expansion of their empire?
an attack by a neighboring people
Why did the Aztecs of Tenochtitlán build chinampas?
What is to enlarge their land area
What is true about Aztec marriages?
A woman could ask for a divorce.
What was one way the Maya system of numbers differs from ours?
It was based on 20 rather than 10.
When did the Maya first give a girl tools for spinning and weaving?
What is when she was three-months old
Two people who belonged to the same ayllu might often
work at different tasks.
At the Great Temple, the Aztecs built a shrine to Tlaloc, the rain god. What does this suggest about the Aztecs?
What is They depended on rain for planting?
Why did the Aztecs call themselves the “people of the sun”?
Their chief god was the sun god.
How can tourists in Mexico observe Aztec technology still in use?
take a boat to see flowers grown on artificial islands
What was an important use of the Sacred Round?
What is to determine when to plant crops
How would an Incan priest most likely use an oracle?
to ask advice about the future
How was war at the center of Aztec life?
What is All Aztec men were trained as soldiers
The Aztecs sacrificed birds and humans because they believed the god Huitzilopochtli need what?
needed blood for nourishment.
What challenge did the Incas face to a much larger extent than other peoples in the Americas?
controlling a very large empire