Civilizations of the Americas

How did the Incas keep records?

• cut them into clay tablets

• used turkey quills to write in scrolls

• use a group of knotted strings called a quipu

• carved into stone

Incas constructed paved roads, massive walls, and mountaintop buildings built out of closely fitted

• brick

• stone

• adobe

• bronze

To honor the gods, the Mayas held great

• mound-building contests

• quipus

• festivals

• outdoor games

The Mayas developed a system of writing using

• 365 characters

• hieroglyphics

• the same letters we use

• stone pens

Which group was at the bottom of the Aztec society

• artisans

• warriors

• farmers

• slaves

The Inca ruler was called

• Quecha

• Sapa Inca

• Pizarro

• Machu Picchu

The Incas increased farmland by building

• roads and bridges

• army supply stations

• huge cities on mountainsides

• terraces

Mayan civilization declined when they

• were conquered by the Aztecs

• left their cities

• invented the calendar

• stopped sacrificing humans

The Aztecs gained a huge empire by

• warring against others

• making treaties

• taking empty land

• trading peacefully

The Aztecs grew wealthy because they made conquered people

• pay tribute

• worship their gods

• live in Tenochtitlán

• farm on water