Social Studies Study Guide

small areas of an empire

• province

• savannas

• chinampas

• glyph

a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees

• immunity

• tribute

• glyph

• savannas

plot constructed by staking out a rectangular enclosure, about 100 ft in length and 8 ft in width, into the marshy lakebed. Also known as floating island.

• province

• savannas

• chinampas

• glyph

a hieroglyphic character or symbol

• savannas

• chinampas

• glyph

• tribute

a payment to a more powerful ruler or country

• glyph

• tribute

• immunity

• province

a person's ability to avoid or fight off a disease

• immunity

• tribute

• glyph

• chinampas

The capital of the Aztec empire

• Tikal

• Chinampas

• Tenochtitlan

• Mesoamerica

Tenochtitlan was built on a swampy island in Lake _____.

• Chinampas

• Texcoco

• Tenochtitlan

• Mesoamerica

In order to keep up with the supply and demand to feed the people, the created floating islands "________" for farming in the swampy area.

• province

• tribute

• chinampas

• savannas

The Aztec Empire ended from the disease of ______.

• coronavirus

• yellow fever

• measles

• smallpox