Mesoamerica Review Part 1

Machu Picchu is an Incan city in the ________ mountains

“Floating gardens” or raised garden beds that the Aztecs built to make farming more productive.

Which group built their capital city on an island in the middle of a lake? (Remember video from yesterday)

Most Maya were..?

Disease brought by the Spanish that weakened and killed many of the Aztecs, Mayan, and Incan

Which explorer conquered the Aztecs?

The Inca capital was?

Which group used terrace farming?

The _____________________ is a book telling the Mayan story of creation

How did the Aztec Empire fall?

Which civilization used human sacrificing in their religion?

What was a quipu?

The first major civilization in Mesoamerica. The "mother' culture.

The Mayan mathematical system was based on the number

The Mayan civilization was located in __________

Where was the Mayan and Aztec empires located?

What was the most important food of the Aztec and Mayan people?

The Aztec civilization's capital was _________________.

The ____________________________ is a lowland in Mesoamerica that divides the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Which conquistador conquered the Incas?

What is cacao?

Group of people who made huge basalt stone heads.