Maya, Aztec, Inca

Who lived in the Andes Mountains?

• Aztecs
• Incas
• Mayans
• Tu

Where did the Aztecs live?

• Chichen Itza
• Manchu Picchu
• Yucatan Peninsula
• Valley of Mexico

Aztec capital city built on a swampy island

• Tenochtitlan
• Cuzco
• Machu Picchu
• Pacal

This civilization developed innovations including roads, bridges, aqueducts (for irrigation), quipus, terrace farming.

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Peru

the aztecs built these raised roads across water or wet ground

• causeways
• chinampas
• terraced farming
• mita

Inca capital

• Cuzco
• Tenochtitlan
• Pacal
• Mexico City

Floating gardens built by the Aztecs

• chinampas
• mita
• masonry
• terraced farming

When Tenochtitlan became overpopulated, how did the Aztec expand the city?

• They drained the lake around the city
• They built more chinampas
• They moved the city
• They tied boats around the city

According to their discoveries, what do archaeologists believe Machu Picchu was?

• Trade center
• Communications center
• Religious center
• Arts center

A special tax paid to the Aztec emperor.

• codex
• ziggurat
• tribute
• quipu