Vocabulary!!
The Aztecs developed ________________ to bring fresh water into the city.
Aqueducts
__________ was a ballgame that the Olmecs played for religious ceremonies.
Pok-a-Tok
The Mayans live form ________ to _______.
250 CE-900 CE
The capital city of the Aztec Empire was called what?
Tenochtitlan
A culture that inspired or contributed to later civilizations is know as a what?
Mother Culture
The three major Olmec cities were.....
La Venta, San Lorenzo, and Tres Zapotes
The Mayans grew things like_______,________,______, and _______.
Maize, Squash , Beans, and Chili Peppers
Lake Texcoco
_______________ were like bridges that allowed people to get in and out of Tenochtitlan.
Causeways
Priests and Nobles lived in the city in houses made of what?
Stone
The two major Mayan cities were?
Tikal and Copan
Aztecs built their empire, expanded their land, gathered wealth, and got victims for human sacrifice through what?
War
_______ was a form of agriculture invented by the Olmecs.
Slash and Burn
The Olmecs became famous for creating colossal what?
Stone Heads
Like the Olmecs, the Mayan gods were inspired by what?
Nature
The Aztecs were concurred by who, and Tenochtitlan became what modern city?
Hernan Cortez and Mexico City
_______ were floating gardens used by the Aztecs
Chinampas
The Olmecs used pictures to depict works. This form of writing is called what?
Glyph Writing
The Mayan calendar was very complex and had a cycle that lasted _____________ years?
52
The Aztecs invented a weapon called the Macuahuitl. This was basically a baseball bat covered in what stone?
Obsidian