Aztecs
Where did they live?
Mesoamerica
How long did the Inca empire last for?
About a century.
What where they considered?
The mother of culture
How long is the Mayan calender's cycle?
52 Years long, and they tracked the movements of planets.
What was the geography of the Aztecs like?
They where wedged in between two mountains and surrounded by water.
what time period did they live in?
1300-1521 BC
What are the Incas known for?
Their contribution to roadworks and architecture.
What was the climate?
Very wet with large rainforests
Who where they influenced by?
The Olmec.
Where did the Olmec live?
Along the gulf of mexico in the modern-day Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz.
What was the name of the person who led the Spanish conquistadors?
Hernan cortes
What were the three rules of the Inca?
Don't steal. Don't lie. don't be lazy.
What language did the Olmec speak?
they spoke a Mixe-Zoquean language. The Olmecs produced the earliest complex civilization in Mesoamerica
What happend to the Mayans?
by 950 CE, the Mayan civilization had collapsed. No one knows for certain how it happened, and no one knows for sure how many people died.
What is the geography of the incas?
large open valleys, deep canyons, high plateaus, coastal valleys, and deserts
What are some of they practices they do?
Public ritual practices could involve food, storytelling, and dance, as well as ceremonial warfare, the Mesoamerican ballgame, and human sacrifice
What were they hated for?
There violent punishment system.
how did the Olmec settle?
the Olmec people founded settlements along the Coatzacoalcos River near the Gulf of Mexico in modern-day Veracruz, Mexico.
What are the social classes in maya from highest to lowest?
Kings,Ruling class, Nobility, Scholars, Architects, Merchants, Commoners, Pesants, farmers, laborers, and enslaved people.
What type of landscapes did the mayans have?
volcanic mountains, which comprised the highlands in the South, to a porous limestone shelf, known as the Lowlands, in the central and northern regions.
What religon where they?
The Aztec religion is a polytheistic and monistic pantheism.
What are the Incas all about?
Group of South American Indians who ruled an empire that extended along the Pacific coast and Andes Mountains from what is now northern Ecuador to central Chile.
Who are the Olmecs?
The Olmec were the first major civilization in Mexico. They lived in the tropical lowlands on the Gulf of Mexico in the present-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
Who are the Mayans?
Two thousand years ago, the ancient Maya developed one of the most advanced civilizations in the Americas. They developed a written language of hieroglyphs and invented the mathematical concept of zero. With their expertise in astronomy and mathematics, the Maya developed a complex and accurate calendar system.
What was geography of mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia is a desert area locked between two rivers, with mountains to the north and marshes to the south.