Mesoamerica
A new way of producing food that enabled people to stay in one place.
What is farming?
A lack of water that may have contributed to the fall of the Mayan Civilization.
What is a drought?
The country where most of the ancient Aztec empire was located.
What is Mexico?
The continent that the Inca empire was located in.
What is South America?
The oldest of the three Mesoamerican civilizations.
What are the ancient Maya?
The part of the world the Ancient Mayan empire was located in.
What is Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras?
What is Central America?
A place where people would go to buy and sell things.
What is a market?
A symbol that was associated with the Incan King that is still used in many flags today.
What is Inti, the sun god?
The most recent of the Mesoamerican civilizations
What are the Inca?
The study of the stars, moon, and planets that the Ancient Maya used to create their calendar.
What is astronomy?
The sign that the ancient Aztecs searched for to find their new home.
What is the eagle and the serpent?
Ancient Incan messengers
What are runners?
A staple crop for the Mesoamerican civilizations.
What is maize (corn)?
The first sport played in the Americas.
What is pok-a-tok (Mesoamerican ball game)?
The Last Aztec Emperor and the man who caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Who were Moctezuma and Cortez?
An ancient Incan city in Peru that is still mostly intact.
What is Machu Pichu?
A place where people can go to worship the gods.
What is a temple?
A type of farming used in the mountains where they cut steps into the side of the sloope.
What is terrace farming?
A state that gives money, food or other valuable items as a tribute to a powerful city/state in exchange for protection.
What is a tributary state?
The leader of the Incan Empire.
What is the Sapa Inca?