MesoAmerica

The Aztecs created floating gardens for farming called -

• olmecs

• chinampas

• Zapotecs

• Yucatans

What did the Maya, Aztec and Incas all have in common?

• They established large empires.

• They were conquered by the French.

• They believed in polytheism

• They traded with China and India.

This type of agriculture was practiced by the Incas.

• slash and burn

• chinampas

• 3-field rotation

• terrace farming

The economies of the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas were based primarily on -

• gold.

• agriculture.

• slavery.

• sea trade.

The Aztecs were eventually conquered by __________, and the Inca were conquered by __________.

• Francisco Pizarro, Vasco Balboa

• Hernando Cortez, Juan Ponce de Leon

• Juan Ponce de Leon, Vasco Balboa

• Hernando Cortez, Francisco Pizarro

When did the Aztecs live?

• 700-900
• 1700-1900
• 1000-1100
• 1400-1500

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

Grand emperor retreat complex built by the Inca

• Machu Picchu
• Chichen Itza
• Pueblo Bonita
• Cahokia

• 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