MesoAmerica

Who used terrace farming?

• Inca
• Aztec
• Mayan

What does the term "mesoamerican" mean?

• Middle Passage
• Middle America, between North and South America
• Middle America, including states like Texas and Oklahoma
• Messy America

Because of the lack of available farmland, the Aztecs built

• causeways.
• chinampas.
• irrigation canals.
• terraces.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The Maya civilization was after the Aztec civilization.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What was quipu used for?

• Fishing
• Climbing
• Running
• Counting

• Cultivation of corn, tomatoes, and beans • pictorial writing system • Human sacrifices to the sun god • Accurate calendar of 365 days • Use of the number zero * Abandoned cities around year 900 AD

• Aztec
• Mayan
• Inca

* Chinampas
*conquered by Spanish
*365 day calendar
*stone temples without cement
*writing

• Mayan
• Aztec
• Inca

*terrace farming
* quipu (knots on strings)
* road system
* Machu Piccu

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca

The Incan Empire was linked together by -

• rivers

• qanats

• roads

• canals

The Maya were well known for their -

• knowledge of mathematics and astronomy.

• many conquests and warlike culture.

• part in the Atlantic slave trade.

• inability to keep written records.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2