6th Grade Chapter 6

Folding-screen book

The 2 mountain ranges in northern Mesoamerica is Sierra Madre Occidental and

Used for arrowheads and knives

An agreement to work with another city-state

Largest of the Mesoamerican civilizations

May have disappeared as a result of invasion, crop failure or civil war

City the Aztec built in Lake Texcoco

Spanish explorer who some Aztecs believed was Quetzalcoatl

Social classes were divided based on wealth and power

Ruled Aztec Empire from 1440 to 1469

Arm of land sticking into the sea

God of creation to the Aztec

Civilization that called themselves Mexica

Constructed giant stone heads

Skilled mathematicians

Believed cenotes were a way to communicate with the gods

Leader is believed to represent the will of the gods

What Aztec offered to honor their gods

Island built by the Mexica

Emperor during Aztec period of power and wealth

Carved into statues

Government was a theocracy

Structure that carries flowing water

Built more than 3,000 structures in Tikal

Sink hole that forms a natural well

Hired soldier

Called "Mother Culture"

Built to connect artificial islands

Used in making jewelry

Develop a system of writing