Mayans
The Mayans used this /hot/ technique to make their fields more fertile.
Slash and Burn Agriculture.
Located on the east side of the gulf of Mexico, the Aztec capital is named this.
Tenochtitlan
These colorful knots were used to keep records for the Inca.
Quipu
A building designed to see the sky and outerspace
Observatory
Chichén Itzá, the Mayan capital is located on the far west of this country.
Mexico
Chinampas
Where were the Incas and their city of Machu Picchu located?
South America in the Andes Mountains. (Peru)
The Meso-American's version of corn (Its got the juice).
Maize
The Mayans used these to make their religious calendar, which ended its last cycle in 2012.
Stars
Human sacrifices were demanded in order to...
help their gods maintain enough energy to use their powers.
Flattening sections of mountain to use as farmland is known as this.
Terrace Farming
Enslaved people in the Aztec Empire had the right to marry, have freeborn children, buy their freedom, and often gained their independence after their enslavers died.
True or False.
True
This group domesticated llamas could perform manual labor and significantly increase crop production in Mesoamerica.
Olmecs
Mayans were one of the first societies to discover this mathematical symbol
Zero
This Black and sharp volcanic rock that Mesoamericans used to create tools, weapons, mirrors, and decorations
Obsidian
The Sapa Inca was considered the descendant of Inti, the sun god which gave him what kind of power?
Absolute power
The Maya and Aztecs required their people to pay taxes in the form of labor, such as growing crops on government-owned farms, building roads, working in mines, or serving in the army without payment.
True/False
True
A sacred Mayan text.
Popol Vuh
This is a manuscript that the Aztecs used to explain their history.
A Codex
Quechua
The official language of the Inca Empire.
These were used by several Mesoamerican societies as currency
Cocao Beans