Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations
These civilizations developed in present-day Mexico and Central America.
What are Mesoamerican civilizations?
This type of landform is a large, flat area of land.
What is a plain?
The Maya are known for developing this advanced system to track time.
What is a calendar?
The Inca civilization was located along this mountain range.
What are the Andes Mountains?
The Aztecs built their capital city on this feature.
What is a lake (Lake Texcoco)?
This crop was a staple food for many ancient civilizations in Mesoamerica.
What is corn (maize)?
This landform is a high, flat area raised above the surrounding land.
What is a plateau?
The Maya wrote using symbols called this.
What are hieroglyphics?
The Inca built roads to connect their empire because they did not have this animal for travel.
What are horses?
This was the name of the Aztec capital city.
What is Tenochtitlán?
These large step-like structures were used for ceremonies and as temples.
What are pyramids?
This natural feature provided water and helped civilizations grow crops.
What is a river?
Maya cities were often built in this type of environment.
What is the rainforest?
This farming method used steps cut into mountainsides.
What is terrace farming?
The Aztecs used floating gardens called this to grow food.
What are chinampas?
This term refers to people moving from one place to another to live.
What is migration?
These tall landforms made travel difficult but provided protection.
What are mountains?
The Maya were skilled in this subject involving numbers and counting.
What is mathematics?
The Inca used this system of knotted strings to keep records.
What is a quipu?
The Aztecs believed in many gods, which is called this.
What is polytheism?
These early societies developed writing, calendars, and complex cities.
What are advanced civilizations?
This environment is hot, humid, and full of dense plant life.
What is a rainforest (jungle)?
This structure was the center of Maya religious life.
What is a pyramid (temple)?
This famous Inca city is high in the mountains and still exists today.
👉 What is Machu Picchu?
The Aztecs practiced this ritual to honor their gods.
What is human sacrifice?