Mesoamerica Review

Which empire used a mita system requiring ayllus to contribute workers in rotating shifts for state?

land is built up from the wetland by stacking alternating layers of lake mud and thick mats of decaying vegetation

Which empire was built on the ideas and accomplishments of the Olmec?

a tall stone or wooden monument

the cutting and burning of plants to create a layer of nutrient-rich ash which makes the soil fertile

Which empire was a collection of city-states with their own governments but a shared culture?

a specific shape or design that represents a character in written language

What is a golden age?

 surface connections to subterranean water bodies

Who developed chinampas or floating gardens?

Chinampas; aqueducts; causeways; chocolate; calendars; poetry; stone temples; pictographs; Tenochtitlan

365 day year; the number 0; steles weaving; 30 dialects; complex writing system (glyphs); irrigation techniques; cenotes

Who developed slash-and-burn farming?

A semi-arid plateau between the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental

Who developed terrace farming?

Which empire created a message-relay system, roads, and bridges to manage their large empire?

Which empire created chinampas, aqueducts, and causeways to build the powerful city of Tenochtitlan in Lake Texcoco?

A strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes

creating step-like fields on sloped terrain to cultivate crops; commonly used in hilly or mountainous regions

a counting apparatus made of long cords with pendants or knots representing numerical values

Which empire began as hunter-gatherers that switched to agriculture and built an empire?

region rich in biodiversity and the capacity of growing substantial crops

Which empire grew through conquering neighboring groups?

suspension bridges; terrace farming; trephination; clothing; gold used in art; quipu; Machu Pichu

Which empire formed alliances and conquered surrounding villages to develop a powerful empire?

Which empire's disappearance stumps historians?

Major river close to the equator

The mountain range in the Inca Empire

The defining feature of the Maya Empire

Body of water where Tenochtitlan was constructed