SSWH8 Maya, Aztec, Inca

collective term for the civilizations of Central and South American before the European discovery of the Americas

• Latin America

• Mesoamerica

• South America

• America

thing that Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas had in common

• complex civilizations

• not based in river valleys

• creative farming techniques

• all of the answers are correct

The Mesoamerican shad no ______ _____ to pull heavy loads, which makes it even more amazing that they built such HUGE monuments.

• draft animals

• farm animals

• Slaves

• big animals

civilization which flourished between about 250 & 900 CE in the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

type of agriculture used by Mayans to deal with their heavily forested environment

• slash and burn

• dry farming

• tenant farming

• praying to the God of forest

civilization which flourished from about 1250 to 1521 in Northern Mexico

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

Which is the oldest?

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec

agricultural innovation used by the Aztecs to grow crops in Lake Texcoco

• Slash and burn

• chinanpas

• human sacrifice

• draft animals

What caused Aztec civilization to fall in 1521?

• Inca Invasion

• Maya Invasion

• Spanish Invasion

• Drought and famine

South American empire which flourished in the Andes Mountains from the 1200s to 1532

• Aztec

• Inca

• Maya

• Olmec